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You're really trying to strawman me and aren't making good faith arguments here so I'm not going to waste too much time on a response... but take 51 and then subtract 2 from it (for Manchin and Sinema who won't vote with dems on these issues) - is that 50? Besides that dems also don't control the house.
50 is enough for republicans to get what they want, just not enough for Dem voters to get what they want
If you just forget that Biden and the party said 50 was enough when we knew two of them was Manchin and Sinema.
So again:
And for this:
We're just ignoring the two years we also had the House?
Is any of this getting thru to you? Because honestly you're not the only one here about to write off any chances of you understanding this...
https://www.vox.com/2022/1/19/22881837/senate-filibuster-vote-voting-rights-joe-manchin-kyrsten-sinema
We don't have to guess, they tried. 50 is enough if you can get 50...on these issues the dems couldn't get 50 even when they had the house. Guess which two senators opposed filibuster reform? Guess which two senators also very publicly stated they wouldn't vote for packing the supreme court?
Math isn’t your strong point is it? 51 - 2 != 50. Go pick up your crayons and practice your numbers and stop with your bullshit spewing you always seem to be doing.
The Democrats have not controlled both the house and senate for more than a few months in the last decade+. When they did, they got the ACA passed. Manchin and Sinema are DINOs at best.