Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), flanked by Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), announced Tuesday night that the Democratic senators involved in crafting their major reconciliation bill for infrastructure have landed on a topline figure of $3.5 trillion for the proposal.
We’ll be tracking developments as Democrats push toward a vote before the August recess. Follow along:
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), flanked by Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), announced Tuesday night that the Democratic senators involved in crafting their major reconciliation bill for infrastructure have landed on a topline figure of $3.5 trillion for the proposal.
We’ll be tracking developments as Democrats push toward a vote before the August recess. Follow along:
For Republicans looking for an offramp, this could be their moment: … be on the lookout for comments about reluctance to join what they’ll inevitably spin as a $4.1 trillion free-for-all.
" Spending all that money is wrong: they’re not givin’ it to the country’s richest people, to the jawb creators. How’s it gonna do any good?" (ed.)
Will Republicans even bother articulating an ‘offramp’ - seems like they are pretty locked in at this point. More likely they’ll spout debt ceiling nonsense again and just vote no on the rest.
I’m really hoping that the Democrats don’t make too much of the “it’s all paid for” shtick; that’s accepting the debt ceiling framing the Republicans like to work when Democrats are in power and it puts Democrats on the defensive even to imply it.
Wouldn’t it be great if major corporations got behind this effort, instead of bemoaning no additional tax cuts? Wouldn’t it be great if major corporations made the connection for the morons in this country that a) this would create more jobs in construction and supporting businesses than we’ve seen in a very long time and b) fixing the infrastructure - roads, bridges, internet, etc. - will lead to a stronger position in the world market and increase the available jobs, as well.
What do you think it would take for major corporations to speak to the benefit of this bill for all Americans in so many different ways, it’s hard to count.
But what we’ll get will be ‘How’s it gonna do any good’ going unchallenged. There’s plenty of good. No one will speak to it.
Passing S1 is what should take care of the GOP, no matter what complaints they have about anything.
They were out pre-spinning already: