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bearsfootball516

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2. It's hard for them to do much with their current lack of power.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2018, 09:19 AM

Mar 2018

Last time they shut down the government for it, and it hurt their popularity. Any attempts to renew DACA have required the Republicans adding full border wall funding. Since there's no way we'll agree to that, it's sort of been put on the backburner until we have more power in Congress.

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Why Have The Dems Been Quiet On DACA As Of Late?..... [View all] global1 Mar 2018 OP

Shutting down the government didn't work, and marylandblue Mar 2018 #1

It's hard for them to do much with their current lack of power. bearsfootball516 Mar 2018 #2

gop, with help from media, succeeded in framing the narrative Va Lefty Mar 2018 #3

If I'm being cynical, it's because they don't really want to do anything. alarimer Mar 2018 #4

I don't think that the Democrats should do anything to help the GOP leverage right wing bigotry LuvLoogie Mar 2018 #5