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Earlier, I was listening to Steve Inskeep on NPR’s Morning Edition interviewing Congressman Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey on yesterday’s compromise in the House. I was really struck by Inskeep’s line of questioning. It felt like he was ignoring Gottheimer’s points (of voting on the bill that’s ready to go NOW, and voting on the budget that has yet-to-be-written LATER), and instead kept asking things like, “So what’s in this budget that you don’t like? What bothers you in the budget resolution? Do you disagree with Progressives about how much to spend?” It’s an angle seeking to highlight differences between the two wings and I’m a little disheartened to see and hear so many in the press take this same tack. I’m especially surprised to hear Steve Inskeep roll like this, he’s usually on point.
I think she pretty clearly signals her desire for attention.
Those made me laugh. Thanks. Some are so bad they’re good!
I have to stop myself from formulations like ‘he knelt down’ and other redundancies all the time. Where else but down does one kneel?
It’s interesting how Pelosi got everyone on board.
In 2010 the Democratic-controlled House passed a cap-and-trade bill that went to the senate and died. And moderate House Democrats got killed on that vote in campaign ads in the 2010 midterms.
This time around, the promise is simple: they take up no reconciliation legislation until after the bipartisan deal is voted and signed off on first, and then only on a reconciliation bill that first passes in the Senate.
(Which absolutely gives Manchin and Sinema incredible leverage to shape said Senate bill, which is likely to go from a 3.5 trillion bill to a 2 trillion bill pretty quickly. Which is still going to be a win.)
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Incidentally, has the Senate Parliamentarian weighed in on the broad scope of what is being considered for the reconciliation bill?
Nope. They’ll have to have more specifics than they currently do.
It seems like this is win for all parties concerned. The American people badly needed infrastructure gets passed and money starts flowing for badly needed projects. Blue dog Democrats and those in moderate districts don’t get stuck having to defend a vote on the most outlandish/expensive progressive proposals.
If Democrats do manage to get a reconciliation bill through the Senate, it is better than the expected nothing we all thought.
Finally, I get to write my I told you so post on the bipartisan infrastructure bill!
Matt_W
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Seems like a “start high so you can come down” kind of situation.
I still think the question is, what does Sinema want, if anything, out of any reconciliation bill? I think Manchin has signaled that he wants something smaller and with less progressive stink on it and with at least some nod to deficit hysteria, but nobody has any idea what Sinema wants. Perhaps even Sinema doesn’t know.
And the opportunity to show off a super cute outfit while being the center of said attention.
For this she holds America hostage. C’mon Arizona, do better.
I mean, you can be a maverick in your party, casting light on issues many would rather remain in the shadows, asking well-researched and intelligent questions in the committees you serve on, forging alliances with fellow Congresspeople to bring as much influence to bear as you can on the issues you feel are important to the American people, and you can look good while doing it, just look at AOC.
Then there is whatever the fuck Kyrsten Sinema thinks she is doing.
Menzo
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Well I just got a hefty refund check from the IRS that was unexpected. I think it was because I got unemployment last year that was made untaxed, but I thought I ended up making too much money.
Thanks, taxpayers!
Djscman
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Us too! Though we have to note that we got the refund and then pay interest on it in next year’s tax return.
Thanks, Obama!
This seems like good news.
JoshL
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Plz be right, plz be right, plz be right…
Also, voting has already started, not sure if that affects anything.
KevinC
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The fact that this is even close is a disgrace. Fix your shit, California, we can’t afford you to be fucking things up too!
Dropped my ballot off today.
Reminds me of '03. “Wait, what? Californians can just dump their governor? This seems random. [fast forward] Well, time to make a bunch of ‘Gubernator’ jokes.”
