The Two Biggest Obstacles For Dems Gets Bigger
They can’t stand it.
by Joshua Jackson
With each passing day, it looks like these spending bills are dead in the water. Both bills are terrible. Both cost over a trillion dollars. Both will balloon the debt and deficit. Both will negatively impact rising inflation. Joe Biden needs a win here. He needs a legislative accomplishment. The irony is that the one that is most likely to pass is being blocked by progressive Democrats. The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill has GOP support in both chambers. It would pass if it were on the docket first, but the far-left wants the so-called ‘human infrastructure’ package first—the $3.5 trillion one. This one has zero GOP support, so Democrats need to use reconciliation to get it through. Zero Democrats can’t defect which is the problem. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) oppose the initial bill—and both have different reasons which only increases the chances that these bills are dead in the water…for now.
Politico had a good post about these negotiations. Manchin is very open about the talks. Sinema is cagier, adding that she has made her position known to the Biden White House. They just don’t like what she has to say (via Politico):
https://leftrightiq.com/2021/10/15/the-two-biggest-obstacles-for-dems-gets-bigger/
