House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration’s authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.

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    Their coalition had a majority from 2020-2022. During which time Republicans were all-powerful.

    Stop pretending that we didn’t give your party a majority that they squandered.

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      Um akshually

      We gave them 48 + 2 Ind and VP tiebreaker gave them the majority leader position who calls votes. They literally did not even have a simple majority even with the Independents.

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              The Senate majority leader selected by 48 Dem 2 Ind, and VP Tiebreaker? While the Republicans had exactly 50?

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                Gee, those numbers add up to a majority unless you’re making excuses.

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                    50 plus Harris was enough to pass anything they wanted without a single Republican vote. It was a majority. Chuck Schumer was the majority leader, but Democrats continued to behave as though McConnell was.