Why is the GOP so afraid of a loss? Because they have kept the filibuster. If they got rid of the filibuster, they would have the votes. But they kept the filibuster, and they are scared to death of 8 DEM's. Heitkamp and Manchin! Yes, but they still need 6 more.
Yes, sure, blame the procedures and rules. But the GOP can set the rules and set the procedures. So by blaming the procedures and rules, you are agreeing with me that the GOP is at fault for the delay.
Here is the McConnell GOP strategy:
1. Do nothing and blame the filibuster. Voters will give them a filibuster-proof majority in 2 years! (Voters never reward failure.)
2. Do nothing and then when the Democrats take power, the filibuster will still be there to protect us! (The Democrats will invoke the nuclear option.)
3. When the Democrats invoke the nuclear option, complain about the attack on our cherished national traditions! (Voters care about results, not arcane procedures.)
It is zero-dimensional chess, a strategy proper to an 8-year-old boy.
The only words not false and ridiculous are the “the”s, the “a”s and “and”.
You probably plant a seed and complain that it doesn’t give you a crop in a week.
True conservatives are standing firm, understand that legislatures move slowly and are unaffected by impatient whining for the impossible.