Last updated on July 18th, 2023 at 01:36 pm
Voters did not give Democrats the House majority to watch them squabble over the timing of the passing of a vital piece of legislation.
House Progressive And Moderates Are Having A Dumb Fight
Via: The Washington Post:
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.
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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
It is August, one of the slowest news months of the year, so the media needs something to talk about. The fight between progressives and moderates in the House is already overblown.
Speaker Pelosi has consistently delivered for Democrats, and there is no reason to expect that she won’t do the same and get the infrastructure bills across the finish line.
The best thing that Democratic voters can do to get the bills passed and support Pelosi is to tell these members of Congress to grow up, do their jobs, and deliver for the American people, or they can look for new employment after the 2022 election.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association
