Obama had a filibuster proof senate for three weeks, he could have given you a proper health care WITH a public option, but he did a giveaway to big pharma instead. Also could have done Roe at that time...
I hope you guys watch Obama speak in the videos. It's mind boggling...
Not in national legislature in this country. Honest question - have you checked out the process for passing bills in Congress? Not being a smart-ass or anything. It's fucking byzantine and reliant on everyone in a slim majority (or slim supermajority, depending on what you're trying to do) 100% playing ball. Sometimes it's also reliant on the opposition playing ball. It's insane. It's dysfunctional in the extreme. And during Obama's term, that dysfunction became worse than ever - either (depending on who you ask) because it had been steadily getting worse since the 90s, or because Obama was Black and the GOP took that opportunity to pander to their most racist supporters by being mindlessly obstructionist (or some mixture of both).
US politics is just professional wrestling, the sooner you understand that, the better. Usually the GOP are the bad guys, but this time it was the blue dog democrats... Whatever it takes to keep the class helping policy from being passed. R's don't want class helping policy passed and D's don't want class helping policy passed. D's pretend they want it, though.
Comments like this make me realize how shitty the education system in America is. Go take an online civics course or read book, just do something to educate yourself about how laws are passed at the federal level.