It was like when Dems had it for two years and didn’t do shit about immigration. Then it became the most important issue on earth the day after the 2014 election.
They tried, but they couldn't get past the filibuster. That's what started the governing by edict that Obama had to use and then Trump came in to show why doing that is a really bad idea. The good news I suppose is that the Democrats finally understood why the filibuster was stupid and needs to go away, although that won't happen now because Republicans want to be able to blame Democrats for getting rid of it. I think it's one of the things that needs to happen to allow our government to actually do it's job. If you want to stop certain legislation from getting passed then you should vote for people who don't support that legislation.