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President Biden on Thursday announced he'd reached an infrastructure deal with a bipartisan group of Republican and Democratic senators, saying both sides gave up some things they wanted to get a rare accord in a bitterly divided Washington, D.C.
Biden acknowledged the deal would not include proposals he's made for spending to help American families, but firmly endorsed the deal on infrastructure in remarks just outside the White House with the Republican and Democratic senators looking on.
“We have a deal,” Biden told reporters.
Details are yet to be announced, but another website said it was approx $1.2 trillion. Whether that is too much for some GOPers or too little for some Far Lefties remains to be seen. In general though, any bill that nobody really likes is probably the best way to go if you want something done instead of nothing. And America probably needs some upgrades to it's physical infrastructure (roads and bridges). The other thing is whether this agreement will pass in the House.
Biden said he did intend to continue to look for a larger package on spending through a budget reconciliation measure, which would allow it to pass the Senate with just Democratic votes.
IOW, the stuff he didn't get this time will likely be crammed into the next reconciliation spending bill that only needs 51 votes to pass the Senate.
It'll be interesting to see who comes out against this bill. Dems who vote for it might face a democrat challenge in their next primary from the Far Left, but if they come out against it then they could lose support from independent voters. On the GOP side most of them need the independent vote too, and those voters want stuff done like this. So IMHO any Repub who votes against the bill could face problems in their next election too.
Biden acknowledged the deal would not include proposals he's made for spending to help American families, but firmly endorsed the deal on infrastructure in remarks just outside the White House with the Republican and Democratic senators looking on.
“We have a deal,” Biden told reporters.
Biden announces bipartisan deal on infrastructure
President Biden on Thursday announced he'd reached an infrastructure deal with a bipartisan group of Republican and Democratic senators, saying both sides gave up some things they wanted to get a rare accord in a bitterly divided Washing
thehill.com
Details are yet to be announced, but another website said it was approx $1.2 trillion. Whether that is too much for some GOPers or too little for some Far Lefties remains to be seen. In general though, any bill that nobody really likes is probably the best way to go if you want something done instead of nothing. And America probably needs some upgrades to it's physical infrastructure (roads and bridges). The other thing is whether this agreement will pass in the House.
Biden said he did intend to continue to look for a larger package on spending through a budget reconciliation measure, which would allow it to pass the Senate with just Democratic votes.
IOW, the stuff he didn't get this time will likely be crammed into the next reconciliation spending bill that only needs 51 votes to pass the Senate.
It'll be interesting to see who comes out against this bill. Dems who vote for it might face a democrat challenge in their next primary from the Far Left, but if they come out against it then they could lose support from independent voters. On the GOP side most of them need the independent vote too, and those voters want stuff done like this. So IMHO any Repub who votes against the bill could face problems in their next election too.
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