Posted on 10/01/2021 8:16:26 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) doubled down on her position not to support the Democratic leadership’s $3.5 trillion spending bill on Sept. 30, while claiming that she had raised concerns about the bill with Democratic leaders in August.
On Thursday, Sinema joined Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in indicating that they would not back the bill without adjustments. Both votes are critical to the bill’s passage, and they have long maintained that the price tag is too high.
Manchin said that he would not support any bill that costs more than $1.5 trillion, adding that if Democrats wanted to do more “they can run on the rest of it later,” and that “there’s many ways to get where they want to, just not [by] doing everything at one time.”
Manchin also said that he had shared his $1.5 trillion figure with President Joe Biden.
“Senator Sinema said publicly more than two months ago, before Senate passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, that she would not support a bill costing $3.5 trillion,” Sinema’s office said in a statement shared on her Twitter account. “In August, she shared detailed concerns and priorities, including dollar figures, directly with Senate Majority Leader [Chuck] Schumer and the White House.
“Claims that the Senator has not detailed her views to President Biden and Senator Schumer are false,” she added. “While we do not negotiate through the press—because Sen. Sinema respects the integrity of those direct negotiations—she continues to engage directly in good-faith discussions with both President Biden and Sen. Schumer to find common ground.”
The statement was in response to some Democrats calling for clarity from Manchin and Sinema after they had back-to-back meetings with President Joe Biden regarding the bill; stating they had no idea what both senators were asking for in negotiations.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) even went as far as to brand Manchin and Sinema “Republicans” during an interview with CNN while urging them to “be united behind the President’s agenda” and have “urgent conversations on how to get this agenda done.”
Manchin told reporters Wednesday that he believes the $1.5 trillion figure was the most the government could do without “jeopardiz[ing] our economy.”
He also noted it will take “a while” to work out the specific changes needed to pass the broad measures proposed in the Biden-backed “Build Back Better Act,” which was not drafted in a bipartisan fashion.
Manchin and Sinema’s votes are crucial to the passing of the trillion-dollar package which has repeatedly hit stalemates in Congress in recent weeks as Republicans and Democrats share differing views on everything from taxes, health, climate change as well as the overall price tag.
>>>Manchin told reporters Wednesday that he believes the $1.5 trillion figure was the most the government could do without “jeopardiz[ing] our economy.”<<<
Manchin is missing the point. The Democrats want to TOPPLE our economy so they can justify imposing communism.
The government already gathers all of your banking information and it’s used to create a profile on you. This law just legitimizes something that’s been happening anyway.
The hag in Alaska and the traitor in Utah are no better than Manchin
We did the same thing to McCain
She is the democraps Jeff Flake
The 1.2 trillion goes to infrastructure, as long as one accepts that can mean more than roads. There’s also railroad money, water system money, broadband money, public transit, airports, electric grid.
“The hag in Alaska and the traitor in Utah are no better than Manchin”
How many of Trump’s Supreme Court picks did Manchin support (when it counted)?
It is like determining degrees of virtue among whores.
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Man ask a women would you do me for a million dollars? She says of course. Man then asks her, would you do me for a dollar? She says, of course not, what do you think I am? He says, we’ve already established that, we’re just negotiating the price.
Yes, and this works the other way, too. The moderate squishes on both sides play the bad guy whenever any populist legislation comes up, whether it comes from the right or the left. The Pelosi and McConnell types need these fall guys around.
But the balance to that is the fall guy gets to play hero when its a uniparty turd of a bill like this one getting forced through, they get to look good grandstanding even though in the end it will still get through.
As if it’s bad enough that half of the highways are workzones now: Let’s make it “Workzones Everywhere!” (to be built by really woke people).
Done! Thank you for the link.
She has really surprised me. I hope she maintains her common sense.
Manchin’s $1.5 trillion will become his floor. He will be persuaded to increase the amount. We are watching kabuki theater.
It's funny, I went and found an old MSM article celebrating her victory in 2018 as a champion for progressive women and that quoted Arizona conservatives lamenting on what a catastrophe she would be.
Now there's this:
The Left Frets that Kyrsten Sinema Is Now Just Trolling Them
All 3 suck so
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