Nancy Pelosi Refuses Vote on Bipartisan ‘Infrastructure’ Deal, Holds It Hostage for $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation PackageWendell Husebø 22 Jul 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced Thursday she will refuse to take up the Senate’s bipartisan so-called infrastructure deal until the Democrats’ partisan companion $3.5 trillion reconciliation package is passed by the Senate.
“While we are eager for it to pass, we will not be taking it up until the Senate passes the reconciliation bill,” Axios reported.
https://twitter.com/alaynatreene/status/1418212428945367040The statement puts pressure on the Senate to pass the $3.5 trillion package via reconciliation, a budget gimmick that allows the chamber to circumvent the 60-vote filibuster threshold and instead pass legislation on partisan lines with a simple majority. The filibuster-proof tactic is of use to Democrats because it allows them to pack the bill full of items that Republicans would never vote for, such as expanding Medicare, amnesty, global warming initiatives, and suburb displacement with low-income housing, subsidized housing, subsidized child care, and subsidized racial equity and environmental justice initiatives.
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