Reply #3: And we need people ready to fight for regular people. This is not the case currently.

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I am lucky as I have one great senator (out of 2) and a great congressman (who in passing voted against this deal. Thank you).

There is no way this deal will help either those who will see their services cut (not the rich) or the Democrats get back the majority. Democrats have accepted that we need to cut services, though not the military, and that we cannot increase taxes on the rich. Sad reality, and one that can only make things worse.

I think that your comparison with 2005 is apt, but we have the same leadership team: Reid and Schumer, so why expect different results. Fighting is not a word they know.

My husband was watching the debate yesterday and his reaction, after having seen Reid, Schumer, and Durbin, was: why cant we have Durbin as majority leader and send back Reid and Schumer to the bench. His view of Schumer was that the only thing that mattered to him was what could benefit him, nothing else.