It’s an awkward truth of American history that when the national legislature does something admirable, it tends to happen because the hegemonic white southern political party is foolishly boycotting the process rather than exercising its vetoes.
in fairness, the J6 committee was able to make its case because all members were in agreement—they marched in lockstep. if you had an alito hearing, it would be a shoutfest of Ds against Rs. not saying they shouldn't do it, but we should be conscious of limitations here.
With the possible exception of some New Deal and Great Society programs where they thought the benefits would only flow to them and were deeply upset when those benefits flowed to everyone
