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>they do not have the votes to do much of anything

This is a flat lie that you repeat. The Democrat caucus collectively "has the votes" to do essentially anything. They could even end the Senate filibuster rule! (It's just a rule of the chamber that can be overturned by simple majority, and they run the Rules committee.)

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Perhaps this is why Democrats lose. They are still playing a game where decorum and rules matter. I have no question that Republicans would not care for such pesky parliamentary rules when they inconvenience them.

Perhaps you would prefer a world where Democrats run roughshod through those rules and pass legislation. I would prefer if they didn't.

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