Posted on 11/06/2021 2:58:30 AM PDT by Libloather
resident Joe Biden took to the phones for last-minute calls to key House members as Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed through two critical votes late Friday on the Democratic agenda: the president's $1.75 trillion "Build Back Better" social spending and climate policy package and the separate $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan.
The final vote on the infrastructure plan, already passed by the Senate, passed 228-206, with 13 Republicans joining Democrats and six Democrats voting against. The bill will now be sent to Biden's desk for signature. In the end, it took 87 days following the passage of the bill in the Senate to get the spending approved in the House, as well as two visits to the Capitol by the president and dozens of meetings between the White House and representatives.
The six Democrats who voted against the infrastructure bill were all members of the so-called "squad": Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman.
Democratic infighting had continued throughout Friday as Democratic moderates demanded Pelosi wait for a cost estimate on the larger bill from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office before going forward.
That group, including Reps. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y.; Ed Case, D-Hawaii; Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J.; Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla.; and Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., released a statement late Friday saying they would support the "Build Back Better" vote if it is considered by Nov. 15 and the CBO scores remains consistent.
Progressives, who had their own issues with the bills, such as the including of paid family leave, also came to an agreement late Friday to support the vote.
"Tonight, members of the Progressive Caucus and our colleagues in the Democratic Caucus reached an agreement to advance both pieces of President Biden’s legislative agenda," Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal said in a statement...
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Shitting his pants. Apparently he only likes to wear diapers on his face.
“Build Back Better
More like “We are Screwed”
I hate these aholes sooo bad!
Screw Americans Better
Careful, Adder, with talk like that you will have swat teams banging down your front door at 4 in the morning. You will have a room at a government gulag as a domestic terrorist. By the way, I agree with you 100%. However, I hate those 13 Republicans even more!!
Isn’t it amazing how fast this happened after the elections this week?
The 13 GOP traitors who voted for the bill:
Reps. John Katko (R-NY), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ), Fred Upton (R-MI), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Don Young (R-AK), Tom Reed (R-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), and Rep. David McKinley (R-WV)
Congrats Nancy, you won with the help of RINOS. Wow. It is what it is. Very sad for our country
Oh absolutely hate the 13 traitors.
There is absolutely NOTHING in this bill that helps everyone.
Congrats Nancy, you won with the help of RINOS. Wow. It is what it is. Very sad for our country
YOU didn’t get to read how the govt will spend YOUR money......
..... for sure THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY DID.......
THEY’RE getting their cut ....... YOU get zilch.
This the Senate “infrastructure” bill passed overwhelmingly there. All of the “squad” members voted against. The monstrous “build back better” bill is up for vote in 2 weeks but does not have enough Democrat support in either the house or senate and has no Republican support.
This the Senate “infrastructure” bill passed overwhelmingly there. All of the “squad” members voted against. The monstrous “build back better” bill is up for vote in 2 weeks but does not have enough Democrat support in either the house or senate and has no Republican support.
This the Senate “infrastructure” bill passed overwhelmingly there. All of the “squad” members voted against. The monstrous “build back better” bill is up for vote in 2 weeks but does not have enough Democrat support in either the house or senate and has no Republican support.
Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ),
I thought this guy switched to the GOP?
The label 'D' or 'R' matters not. They are wholly interchangeable.
Pelosi is such a “genius”!
6 Nov: Tweet: AtomicBlonde
Stroke or glitch? You decide.
VIDEO: NANCY PELOSI 1MIN 50SEC
https://twitter.com/Ablonde20211/status/1456631801271574534
On the issue though....Manchin is right. Why pay companies that are already doing this. It shouldn't be a Federal Program.
No matter what happens, Biden has already said....What we don’t get this time, we will get next time.
Fitzpatrick was the ringleader of the Republicans who defected. There is no doubt in my mind about it. Fitzpatrick
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