People shouldn't blindly vote for party candidates, but instead people should vote for people who will best represent their interest. This is the root of all evil and the biggest reason why we can't get this passed. People on the news now deplore the actions of the same people they voted for.

There were 3 Reps and 5 Dems who went against their given party and voted against the DA. Do you think that people who voted for them 6 years ago, even checked their stance on issues. Hell, some of the NOs in 2007 were now yeses and vice-versa.

Let's say Sessions was up for reelection today, and considered solely based on his stance on the DA. If all the voters were forced to familiarize themselves with the bill, its provisions, requirements and the financial benefit to the country, what percentage of Alabama voters would still vote against it? 30%? Knowing how small of a group it affects and the long term benefits for the US, it would be 40% max, still giving us the majority.

Even veterans, who were one of the bigger groups who opposed, due to their harsh financial situation, our availability of in-state tuition and the whole misrepresentation of the available financial aid in the conservative media, would most likely support it if they actually knew what was written in the bill.

If you don't know anything about politics you should not be allowed to vote. Right to vote for the uneducated is a complete joke. People pick their candidates based on their party. race, name, and ads on TV, but none of them has any idea how they stand on the issues. Yeah, they might vote with their party most of the time, but it is the time when the vote is really close that matters.