President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda is caught between two countervailing forces.
WASHINGTON —
Two, the party is simply Too Divided to Pass — with the thinnest of majorities, Democrats are just too divided to overcome a single defection in Senate and just a handful of defections in the House. Progressives are well aware the reconciliation bill may be their last chance to pass large-scale spending for years, perhaps even a generation, given GOP advantages in the House and Senate. Even a scaled-down bill would mean significant investments in health care, education, climate, housing and more.
Progressives are wary that their colleagues are trying to force the infrastructure bill through and either kill or declaw the reconciliation bill and are renewing threats to vote against the former without a deal on the latter. The centrists are desperate to show that the bills are not “linked” and that they aren’t being bullied into supporting anything they don’t want to. Both sides have been digging in this week.
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
Power player or poodle? UK-U.S. relations in flux as BoJo meets JoeBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson once worried that his friendliness with Donald Trump would leave him out in the cold when Joe Biden took over the White House. Instead, he can expect a warm welcome in Washington as the leaders meet for talks
Consulte Mais informação »
Congress returns to work facing major decisions on Biden's agenda and infrastructureCongress gets back to work Monday facing several major decisions that will test Democratic unity in the coming weeks as lawmakers vote on President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, routine funding for the federal government and the size of the federal debt.
Consulte Mais informação »
A summer of delta postpones the 'great economic boom'The Delta variant turned the summer of independence from Covid-19 into a summer of hesitation, and the great economic boom that was expected seems to be locked in a perpetual state of 'coming soon.'
Consulte Mais informação »
GOP stands by as Democrats take on weight of Biden agendaThe vote this week on funding to keep the government running past Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year and a built-in deadline, will force the political stalemate into the open.
Consulte Mais informação »
Joe Biden’s Agenda Is Hanging By A Thread As Democrats In Congress Threaten To Tank Two Major BillsProgressives and centrists are both holding major pieces of legislation hostage, and both have the numbers to make good on their threats.
Consulte Mais informação »