madingly fashion chipping away demanding their party do increasingly less and less for no discernible reason other than an ideological version to spending money to make material conditions better for people and/or perhaps a desire to please their corporate donors who don't like some of this stuff. that brings us to our current moment. democrats have unveiled their newcomb pro mice bill thanks to manchin and sinema it doesn't contain some of the most broadly popular proposals democrats have floated, for instance, letting medicare negotiate drug prices. it estimates it would save less money for the government, fiscally responsible, save $450 billion over ten years and, i don't know, is it popular? favored by 83% of americans, 95% of democrats, 82% of independents or a paid family