It seems that every time the democrats get unified control of government, they fubar. The last democrat administration to keep majorities in both chambers by the end of its run was the Kennedy/Johnson era from 1961-1968. I have established a way to get progressive governing done that will make it easier. But the thing is that one has to be patient. You can't turn America into a European social democracy overnight. You have to take incremental steps so that people don't get alarmed.
The first thing is to get congressional majorities of course. Now the idea is that every member of the house or senate democratic caucus should be an unabashed liberal. But the priviledge of actually being open about it is reserved for only about 174 House members and 40 senate members who are in somewhat safe districts. The remaining senators and house members needed for a majority cannot show their liberalism.
Here is what could be done. Every session, there could be one main thing to be passed. Whether it be repealing taft hartley or the bush tax cuts there will be that one thing that will want to be passed. You already have 174 or so foot soldiers who will already vote yes, the next thing is to figuring out who can vote yes and who can't. The yes-no votes from marginal districts would be rotated in meaning that Congressman A votes yes on Bill 1 and no on Bill 2 and Congressman B votes no on Bill 1 but yes on Bill 2. Also, the congressman from marginal districts voting for "the bill" will have the opportunity to obscure that vote. The idea would be to have the house liberals propose legislation and intentionally bring it to the floor vote where the democrats from marginal or conservative districts can then kill the bill and make them look like a hero back home.
Another thing to do is for the committee chairman to allow token conservative legislation proposed by democrats from conservative districts. The idea is that the bill would really have no effect whatsoever but dems from marginal districts could vote with the republicans to let the bill pass and shield them from attacks. Lastly, there is the idea of the "drive by vote". My idea is to run democrats in rural southern districts who at heart are no different ideologically from Barney Frank but will vote like Sonny Montgomery and vote with republicans on just about every vote. But for the few times they don't vote with the republicans, it would be for a bill such as one to reschedule cannabis.
So the idea is that the democrats can have a majority that can slowly and steadily get things accomplished from a legislative standpoint even though about 50 members of the caucus have ACU ratings above 50.