Huh?
Let me see?
2017 and 2018 with their 2016 grand slam for the Presidency and Congress they couldn’t give rats ass about Democrats….
McConnell was the conductor and crazy assed Donald Trump was giving the music …
Democrats and the majority of America and the World had back row seats in the audience…
Now?
Tables seem to be turning….
NO Republicans voted to go along with President Biden and the Democrats sending money BACK to Americans…
NO Republicans are talking about helping Americans get new infrastructure and more JOBS something their guy Donald Trump failed to produce…
Right now?
Joe Biden is at least 10% points of approval above ANYTIME during the Trump 4 years…
That the Republicans are STILL standing in line behind a guy whose time in office was failure at best and attempt to get rid of Democracy while being in bed with the Russian President while lying and screwing over things top to bottom is worst…
Let’m CRY….
They ARE against making America Great ….
No problem with going BIG…..
One can only hope that the 2022 midterms and 2024 election dig them deeper into a hole that voter suppression won’t stop…
Republicans on Capitol Hill say President Biden’s infrastructure proposal is the clearest sign yet that the White House has no intention of working with them on big legislation.
The $2.25 trillion plan unveiled this week by Biden takes direct aim at former President Trump’s signature economic achievement by raising the corporate tax rate that Republicans lowered in their 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
“It’s pretty clear the way it is being crafted is far-left and goes after the marquis item that we passed on taxes,” said a Senate Republican aide.
Biden’s proposal “fundamentally takes the approach that government and government spending is the answer, and we strongly disagree with that,” the aide said.
Every single Republican who was in the Senate in 2017 voted for Trump’s tax plan, including the GOP lawmakers who are viewed as potentially working with Biden on infrastructure: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski(Alaska), Rob Portman (Ohio), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.) and Jerry Moran (Kan.).
Senate Republican aides say it’s “highly unlikely” that any GOP senators will vote for Biden’s plan, noting that even a key moderate like Collins is allied with the party’s core position of favoring lower taxes.
Collins reportedly laughed when asked last month how Senate Republicans would react to proposals from the White House that raise taxes.
“I would not anticipate that it would be well received,” she said.
Democrats acknowledge they’re not going to get more than a few Republican votes, if any, which is why they’re openly discussing the possibility of passing Biden’s proposal under the budget reconciliation process that would allow them to sidestep a GOP filibuster. But they also insist they’re open to working with Republicans and incorporating some of their ideas on infrastructure….
Note…
Democrats will worry about tomorrow…
Tomorrow….
They are too busy trying to put things back together after Trump’s shit show…
Rep are very complicated people.
Democrats are set up to pass Biden’s Infrastructure Bill/Bill’s with simple majorities…
Senate Parlimentarian Allows Use of Reconciliation Twice
“The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Monday that Democrats can use special budgetary rules to avoid a GOP filibuster on two more pieces of legislation, setting the stage for President Biden’s infrastructure agenda to pass in two packages with simple-majority votes,” The Hill reports.
“It’s a win for Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) that allows him to pass Biden’s $2.25 trillion package by revising the fiscal year 2021 Budget Resolution. A second budget resolution can be passed this year to do the second half of Biden’s infrastructure agenda. Or the fiscal year 2021 budget could be revised a third time to set up a third reconciliation package.”
Political Wire