Sometimes yes, but a governing body is much more effective if they can meet in the middle on some issues. If we continue to have the same margin of majority, and allow the filibuster to stand, we will be stuck in a slow crawl and there will be no progress. With the gerrymandering and the recent decision in the 8th circuit on voting rights, it seems inevitable that we will be stuck in this crawl.

This 118th Congress has been very ineffective. I identify as progressive, but pragmatically so. There are pills I can swallow if the overall direction is a positive one. A lot of legislation hasn't even made it out of committee or to the floor because one side doesn't want to share their toys. We are being denied for political grandstanding.

Yes I must concede that it is better that the body be split than shackled to bygone conservatism BUT the divide will only grow unless members of different sides can learn to work together. And I do believe that there must be some reasonable people who can actually stand up for the bills that benefit their constituents instead of voting against them and then campaigning on them.