House Moderates And Progressives Are Engaging In A Dumb Fight Over When To Pass Reconciliation Bill

A group of nine moderate House Democrats has told Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that they will not vote for a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint until a Senate-approved infrastructure bill passes the House, a posture that underscores divisions among Democrats that threaten President Biden’s sweeping agenda.

To get more stories like this, subscribe to our newsletter The Daily.

If the nine House Democrats hold firm to their pledge, it will upend Pelosi’s plan to return her chamber to Washington at the end of August and adopt the budget resolution first, a course demanded by liberals who view the infrastructure bill as too timid.

The progressives and moderates both agree that the legislation should be passed. No one is asking for changes to President Biden’s priorities. They are engaged in one of the dumbest fights in recent memory over the timing of passage.

If The Bill Doesn’t Pass Both Progressives And Moderates Will Lose Their Seats

Speaker Pelosi and President Biden need to sit the children of the House down and tell them that everybody will lose if the bill does not pass. The reconciliation bill is loaded with both moderate and progressive priorities.

The best way to destroy Democratic voter morale before the midterm election would be for progressives and moderates to face plant the reconciliation bill.

Speaker Pelosi Will Get It Done