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Manchin may get what he wants…Infrastructure Bill NOT attached to Social Spending Bill…

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Of course he wants what he wants so he can fiddle down the spending  bill…..

Progressives want to hold the voter for Infrastructure for leverage….

But?

This IS ALL playing out in the media….

And?

It makes Democrats look weak….

This at a time when their party leader President Biden is losing approval by the minute and THAT IS hurting the party in general….

Biden may have danced with the progressives to get some support…

But in doing so?

He’s losing support from House Democratic moderates and centrists ….

And?

McAuliffe’s lost and other Democrats on Tuesday IS a warning to House Speaker Pelosi and Biden that they simply cannot let this keep going nd go too far for the Progressives ….

Biden is trying to pick off members of the Progressive Caucus to back him , even if it means Manchin and Moderate Democrats cut some of the Social Spending Bill…

Biden and Company just need a WIN….

Even if it’s less than the original promised stuff…

It would be for the greater good of the party….

NOT just the caucus ….

The party has been struggling for months to unite its moderate and progressive wings to enact the President’s agenda, but those efforts have repeatedly stalled out, delivering a series of blows to congressional Democrats and the White House. The party has already had to punt on voting on the infrastructure bill twice in two months due to a separate set of demands from progressives. Biden has gotten personally involved, visiting the Hill twice to rally Democrats, and working the phones with moderates this week. That has still not resolved the impasse.
For most of the day, the stalled agenda suggested Democrats might have to delay their votes again. But lobbying from the White House directly to the Congressional Progressive Caucus may have hit a breakthrough as floor action resumed Friday night…
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The party has been struggling for months to unite its moderate and progressive wings to enact the President’s agenda, but those efforts have repeatedly stalled out, delivering a series of blows to congressional Democrats and the White House. The party has already had to punt on voting on the infrastructure bill twice in two months due to a separate set of demands from progressives. Biden has gotten personally involved, visiting the Hill twice to rally Democrats, and working the phones with moderates this week. That has still not resolved the impasse.
For most of the day, the stalled agenda suggested Democrats might have to delay their votes again. But lobbying from the White House directly to the Congressional Progressive Caucus may have hit a breakthrough as floor action resumed Friday night…
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Multiple sources told CNN that Jayapal and moderate Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey were in direct talks as they tried to finalize a deal that could get the infrastructure bill to the President’s desk Friday with concrete assurances the moderates would back the Build Back Better Act….
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  1. Update….

    Congress always moves better when lawmakers are pressured ….

    Latest From the House Floor

    Multiple sources tell CNN that progressives and moderate Democrats are getting closer to a deal to have a vote tonight on infrastructure in exchange for more concrete commitments from moderates on the Build Back Better bill, which would be voted on at a later time.

    Not everyone in the progressive caucus is on board but they are moving closer to an agreement.

    A GOP House member tell The Hill that between 10 and 15 House Republicans are expected to vote for the infrastructure bill….

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    Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

    “The whole day was a clusterfuck, right? But beyond that, you know… I thought everyone was working in a very congenial way. I mean, rank-and-file members figured out how to get shit done.”

    — Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), quoted by The Hill, after a fruitful closed-door meeting between Democratic progressives and moderates.

    • Benjy Sarlin
      @BenjySarlin
      But really for the 1000th time it’s in Manchin’s court. He’s the one who demanded the hostage be freed this week while suddenly starting to waver on BBB and he’s the one who likely decides a deal. If it never comes, progressives giving up BIF is remembered as legendary disaster.

  2. Infrastructure bill crossovers:

    Dem Nay

    Jarriel Bowman (NY)
    Cori Bush (Mo)
    The Squad:
    * Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY)
    * Ilhan Omar (Minn)
    * Ayanna Pressley (Mass)
    * Rosa Tlaib (Mich)

    Democrat Not Voting:

    Caroline Maloney (NY)

    Republicans Yea:

    Fitzpatrick Republican Pennsylvania YEA
    Gonzalez (OH) Republican Ohio YEA
    Katko Republican New York YEA
    Kinzinger Republican Illinois YEA
    Malliotakis Republican New York YEA
    Reed Republican New York YEA
    Smith (NJ) Republican New Jersey YEA
    Van Drew Republican New Jersey YEA

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