Democrats vow to go 'bold' — with or without GOP
By Jordain Carney and Mike Lillis - 03/22/21 06:01 AM EDT Democrats are warning they won't tolerate GOP stonewalling as they try to make good on their pledge to enact a “bold†agenda and avoid Obama-era missteps.
Fresh off a big win on coronavirus relief, Democrats are facing intense pressure not to water down their legislative priorities after years of a backed-up wish list during the Trump era and a decade since the party has had a unified government it could use to muscle through sweeping reforms considered anathema to the GOP.
“We will try to get them to work with us. But if not, we will put our heads together and figure out how to go,†Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) was more blunt, calling GOP leadership “divorced from reality†for opposing policies that are popular — even among Republicans — outside the Beltway.
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