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Uh...Did you actually read the article before you posted it?
Her capstone work so far has been moving 5 million dollars in a budget of 3T. That's really it...the rest of the article is fluffy feel good conjecture.
I like AoC, but pretending the progressives are getting things done is not helping. We're in dire need of change and the R's / Conservative D's have a stranglehold on making it not happen.
Killing parts of the Patriot Act and stopping our government from selling more weapons to a Bolivian government that coup'd its way into power don't seem like fluffy conjecture to me (and those are just the next two things after the $5million)
e; got my "it's" and "its" backwards
Pray tell, how are a handful of the 435 representatives the house supposed to pass meaningful legislation on their own?
They vote on moderate bills because there's no better alternative and no way to get there YET. Cultivating an image around progressive ideas at least ensures that they enter the public discourse. This will take time to wrench the pendulum back from the center right
Talk about throwing the baby out with the bathwater
Not to mention, a lot of Congressional work happens in committee and in their home states. Counting primary sponsorship of bills is a terrible way to measure activity.
Yeah, but you need to get the R and conservative D seats to change to progressives for that to happen.
A squad of representatives that you can count on one hand isn't enough of a voting block to force major change. It isn't like replacing AOC would fix the issue.
I'm sorry, Congress accomplished something?
Gee, it's almost as if the GOP wants you to think there's no point in voting.