No surprise….
He wanted this badly….
Remember he was a Senator….
He’s NOT a ALL or Nothing guy….
This IS a a place he’s comfortable to be at…
Progressives are NOT gonna be happy….
Don’t bet on a reconciliation bill having tax increases or being trillions….
President Biden struck an infrastructure deal on Thursday with a bipartisan group of senators, signing on to their plan to provide about $579 billion in new investments in roads, broadband internet, electric utilities and other projects in hopes of moving a crucial piece of his economic agenda through Congress.
“We have a deal,” Mr. Biden said outside the White House, standing beside a group of Republicans and Democrats after a meeting in the Oval Office where they outlined their proposal. “I think it’s really important we’ve all agreed that none of us got all that we wanted.”
His endorsement marked a breakthrough in his efforts to forge an infrastructure compromise, but it was far from a guarantee that the package would be enacted. Top Democrats have made it clear that the plan, which constitutes a fraction of the $4 trillion economic proposal Mr. Biden has put forth, can only move in tandem with a much larger package of spending and tax increases that Democrats are planning to try to push through Congress unilaterally, over the opposition of Republicans….
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There are already hints that this “bipartisan deal” is unraveling.
Apparently, some of the Republicans now want assurances that Biden won’t even seek a reconciliation bill.
Some Republicans are ALREADY fighting/crying giving Biden a Infrastructure Bill to Ok….AND?…Having Dem’s think they get a reconciliation package past them….
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The White House is pushing back on complaints from Republicans over Democrats’ plans to simultaneously pursue a bipartisan infrastructure package and one that can pass via reconciliation without GOP support.
“I think the American people are quite focused on how we’re getting work done on their behalf, less focused on the mechanics of the process. Now it is up to Republicans … to decide if they are going to vote against a historic investment in infrastructure that’s going to rebuild roads and railways and bridges in their communities, simply because they don’t like the mechanics of the process,” press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday.
“That’s a pretty absurd argument for them to make. Good luck on the political front on that argument,” she added….
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday poured cold water on a $579 billion bipartisan infrastructure deal struck by the White House and senators of both parties a day earlier, predicting it would not pass Congress after President Biden linked it to a separate multitrillion-dollar reconciliation package.
“I think my members need a chiropractor ‘cause they got whiplash after watching the president yesterday say there was a deal and say there was no deal, say: ‘You can have a deal on the trillion dollars on infrastructure, but you’ve got to vote for $5 trillion at the same time too, and you’ve got to raise taxes on everybody, and you’ve got to have a Green New Deal,’” McCarthy told reporters at his weekly news conference.
“I don’t think that’s going to work. I don’t think that’s going to pass. I think they killed any opportunity. I think it was disingenuous in every shape and form.”…
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The reconciliation bill will depend even more now on Manchin and Sinema…..
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Senate Republicans who negotiated an infrastructure deal with President Biden celebrated Thursday, then woke up angry on Friday
Something very Washingtonian is going, but the logic (on both sides) is nearly opaque to me.
Everybody wants money for bricks and mortar projects…..
The GOPer’s apparently thought Biden would ‘give uo’ the Trillions he wanted for 1/4 the amount of money in the deal….
No Way Biden would do that for several reasons…
Biden WANTS to keep going Big
Biden NEEDS to give the lefties Something
It keeps getting pointed out the same GOPer’s fucked over Dem’s durning Trump’s rein….
From Biden’s point of view (and that of the Democratic congressional leaders), why would they upset the GOP members of the Problem Solvers’ Caucus, or put them on the spot with other Republicans? For that matter, why put McConnell and McCarthy (after all those negotiations) in a position where they feel entitled (or forced) to claim bad faith?
“McConnell & McCarthy” — sounds like an old vaudeville act
I think ‘other’ Republicans want the money but can’t deal with Biden getting the glory of ANOTHER win…..
They ain’t stupid….
They KNOW there is gonna be a reconciliation bill in the Trillions along with a tax hike try
Biden HAS TO do a second bill…..
He can NOT have Republicans force him to abandon the social stuff….