LOL You really don't know how this works do you? A) They 'called his bluff' last month when they put the Voting Rights legislation fillibuster up for a vote and he + Sinema publicly, on the record, balls to the wind - VOTED IT DOWN. That was the most embarassing thing I've ever seen for the Democratic party. They did that to test the waters so to speak and he put his balls on the table and said try me. Why do you think Schumer hasn't even had a whisper of BBB since then? They're defeated - they're no way they'll put that mega-bill up for a vote now because they know he'll happily vote it down too. B) Flippable red seats...in Pennsylvania. Okay. Have won waiting on that Senate majority. I'm assuming you mean from this year's midterms right? In a year when Covid has gotten worse, inflation is topping 7%, and Biden is calling people racists from the podium. haha So screwed. C) The only one who cares that he didn't act in 'good faith' is you. You sound like a toddler saying 'But he promised!!' The only one who promised something is the other Joe and that's not Manchin's problem. |
Wow, a sitting U.S. Senator confirming exactly what I said about them already calling his bluff and Manchin telling them to f themselves. They looked so weak lol. “It’s not coming to the floor until we have the votes,” said one Democratic senator, granted anonymity to discuss party strategy. “We had to do it for voting rights for historic purposes and because we couldn’t leave the filibuster question unanswered. But generally, you don’t want to rack up a bunch of losses in a row.” https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/10/democrats-social-spending-dreams-stuck-in-winter-purgatory-00007557 |
| Joe does not want any bill now. Of any amount. I do not get what the strategy was here on the part of democratic leadership. They have 1.7 trillion. They had 1.3 trillion. And now they have nothing. He will not pick the pen up. It is over. Leadership should be putting forward those pieces of BBB that can pass and get something done. But they won't. |
I wouldn't want any bill either at 7.5% inflation. The leadership is nuts and so are Warren, AOC, Sanders and Biden. Like I get they don't have a plan two but its time to move on to PLAN FOUR. Ditch all mention of BBB, focus on inflation, gas prices, getting food commodities under control and raising taxes. Like just do your job. Your wish list is dead. |
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In total agreement. The weird thing is Manchin is 5 years younger than Biden - you wouldn't know by the way Biden seems to have a looping sense of short-term memory loss. |
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Democrats should break things up from the bill and make everyone vote. Make them vote for or against a child care bill. Our income was too high to receive the monthly child credit but I have friends and family that really needed it. Single moms that used it for food and therapy for their kids. Another family who needed it for health care and dental expenses for their kids. Make them go on the record that they think people should suck it up and do better. These omnibus bills make it harder for the. America public to see when Congress blocks or votes down policies or programs that the majority of Americans want. Make them vote so they have an easy to understand record that the public can judge them on. |
For the programs you id’d, unless there is a tax hike or a slash of the obscene defense budget to pay for them and limit the benefits to the lower middle class and below there’s no way anyone is going to support programs like these with ever higher inflation and in an election year. |
I know three Mom's with children who used the increased monies to fly from Maryland to Miami to get Brazilian butt lifts. |
| Sinema and Manchin have opposing views of rolling back the the Trump tax cuts. BBB lite is going to be dead |