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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It looks like neither bill will survive.[/quote]

Infrastructure would if they would unshackle it from that bloated Build Back Better bill.

Its already done the hard part of passing the Senate. The House is a rubber-stamp and they already have GOP support anyway.[/quote]

Well no, it's not going to pass the house.  If it goes to vote on Sept. 27 as planned, almost all republicans will vote against it (it will get maybe 5 GOP votes), and 50-70 democrats will vote against it.[/quote]

Any democrat on record voting against a badly needed infrastructure bill should be primaried. They literally have one job - and here they are mucking it up.[/quote]

None of the progressive house dems are scared of a primary from the right attacking them for voting against more money for highways in west virginia.  These members all come from very blue progressive districts.  They are concerned about primaries from the left if they fail to get priorities like paid leave, expanded child tax credit, pre-K, etc.  [/quote]

We should test out how they fare without democratic party money and resources behind them. Let them whither away in the wind if this is the best they can offer. Sick of them.[/quote]

AOC doesn't need the party's cash.  She outraises any member of the party, including Pelosi.  The centrists, on the other hand, very much do need it.  The DCCC has given some soft hints to the 9 house centrists that their party funding could be taken away if they kill reconciliation.[/quote]

She can't afford to be the face of a blocked Infrastructure bill either. [b]Not after being the sole reason her district lost out on the Amazon HQ. Her constituents would benefit from the jobs and the better transportation improvements as much as anyone else.[/b][/quote]

Uh, her constituents were strongly opposed to the Amazon HQ deal because it would mean huge rent increases for local residents + Amazon was getting a massive break on property taxes. AOC did what he constituents wanted. Rich landlords who live in Manhattan, Westchester, and Long Island who own property in Queens? They didn't like AOC's position. Then again, they don't live in her district. [/quote]

They were opposed to the Amazon HQ deal until they lost everything. They thought they could bluff Bezos and he just said 'Okay. Bye'.

[b]Queens biz owners haunted by Amazon loss amid pandemic [/b]
https://nypost.com/2020/12/13/queens-biz-owners-haunted-by-amazon-loss-amid-pandemic/

[b]Amazon had New York City in the bag. Then left-wing activists got fired up.[/b]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/14/how-amazons-big-plans-new-york-city-were-thwarted-by-citys-resurgent-left-wing/

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