If you recall, the world was on fiscal fire when Obama became President and the Dems took the reins.
Obama began to formally create his presidential footprint during his first 100 days.[1] Obama quickly began attempting to foster support for his economic stimulus package, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[2] The bill passed in the House on January 28, 2009, by a 244–188 vote,[3] and it passed in the Senate on February 10 by a 61–37 margin.[4][5]
That was kind of a big deal, and I would think rather time consuming...except that's not all they were doing in the first 100 and all through that sliver of time we held the majority in both houses...Dems were teeing up the ACA - an entire new system for accessing, funding and managing our healthcare. ACA was incredibly complex and used a lot of work hours.
And Dems while in majority still managed to get signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Act, and an expansion on S-CHIP (state based healthcare for kids). At that same time, Obama lifted the ban on stem cell research, and started to close Guantanamo. All while reducing troops in war zones. All while vocally and demonstrably supporting human rights here and around the globe.
Trump and the Rs aren't writing thoughful, SCORED policy....they brag about how small their bills are. They aren't nose-to-the-grindstone, back at their desk crafting legislation to make the lives of everyday Americans better. They're having keggers in the Rose Garden celebrating a quickie bill with no hard numbers to support its claims.
I wouldn't dis Dems for not ramming through enough when we had the majority. Some really good work was done while we were in the majority.
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