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The House will begin debate Monday on Biden’s $1 trillion collection of roadway and other infrastructure projects. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has scheduled a final vote on the bill for Thursday.
Biden and Democrats continue negotiations to resolve internal divisions over a separate $3.5 trillion package of proposals to strengthen the social safety net and climate programs.
The collapse of either piece of legislation could cripple much of Biden’s domestic agenda. The fate of both bills remains in doubt.
The infrastructure package cleared the Senate and awaits final approval in the House. Pelosi had committed to a vote Monday, but liberal Democrats said they won’t back that legislation until Congress advances the larger so-called reconciliation bill.
Pelosi delayed the vote until Thursday but predicted it would pass.
It's a lot easier to bitch about the other side when you're not the party in power that has to do something. And it's possible that the factions within the democratic party are not going to pass anything regarding any kind of infrastructure. The moderates want the smaller bipartisan bill to get voted on and passed first, while the far left progressives want the larger $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill to get passed first. So, if neither side caves, then the democrats will end up doing nothing, and the kicker is that the Senate democrats don't have the votes to pass the larger bill anyway even if it makes it through the House.
The way I see it, the progressives are not going to cave cuz they don't have to. Most of them come from deep blue states and districts and they know they can't cave or they'll get primaried out of office. So, it comes down to the moderates; if they cave then they'll lose their seats in the next election and the democrats will lose their majority. I'd bet my house on it. 'Course, I also think the democrats will lose their House majority anyway, history tells us that. But, under pressure from the far Left, I think the moderates will fall on their swords and cave; and we'll see another shellacking similar to the 2010 massacre of the democrats.
Pelosi has said she won't bring any bill to the House floor to vote on unless the votes are there to pass it. So, who blinks first?
Biden and Democrats continue negotiations to resolve internal divisions over a separate $3.5 trillion package of proposals to strengthen the social safety net and climate programs.
The collapse of either piece of legislation could cripple much of Biden’s domestic agenda. The fate of both bills remains in doubt.
The infrastructure package cleared the Senate and awaits final approval in the House. Pelosi had committed to a vote Monday, but liberal Democrats said they won’t back that legislation until Congress advances the larger so-called reconciliation bill.
Pelosi delayed the vote until Thursday but predicted it would pass.
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It's a lot easier to bitch about the other side when you're not the party in power that has to do something. And it's possible that the factions within the democratic party are not going to pass anything regarding any kind of infrastructure. The moderates want the smaller bipartisan bill to get voted on and passed first, while the far left progressives want the larger $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill to get passed first. So, if neither side caves, then the democrats will end up doing nothing, and the kicker is that the Senate democrats don't have the votes to pass the larger bill anyway even if it makes it through the House.
The way I see it, the progressives are not going to cave cuz they don't have to. Most of them come from deep blue states and districts and they know they can't cave or they'll get primaried out of office. So, it comes down to the moderates; if they cave then they'll lose their seats in the next election and the democrats will lose their majority. I'd bet my house on it. 'Course, I also think the democrats will lose their House majority anyway, history tells us that. But, under pressure from the far Left, I think the moderates will fall on their swords and cave; and we'll see another shellacking similar to the 2010 massacre of the democrats.
Pelosi has said she won't bring any bill to the House floor to vote on unless the votes are there to pass it. So, who blinks first?
