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Voting now on BIF, I think nt (Original Post) AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 OP
I got to stay up and watch. It was a difficult process Walleye Nov 2021 #1
3 Republican yeas so far AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #2
We got five Democratic nays now and seven Republican yes it is Walleye Nov 2021 #4
My guess is the Squad AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #6
They are showing 13 Republican votes now. A miracle Walleye Nov 2021 #8
There were some strange ones apparently AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #11
:) Okay. Pelosi can now hold this in the house if she chooses and Hortensis Nov 2021 #3
Yes! we need to learn to celebrate our victories Walleye Nov 2021 #5
:) Stock market surged on the jobs report and proof that vaccination Hortensis Nov 2021 #9
Just passed AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #7
I believe it just passed In It to Win It Nov 2021 #10
Infrastructure week at last! After years of waiting Walleye Nov 2021 #12
NEW: Bipartisan infrastructure bill passes 228-206 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #13

Walleye

(31,081 posts)
1. I got to stay up and watch. It was a difficult process
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 11:01 PM
Nov 2021

Won’t take long for the TV news to spin this into a loss for Democrats somehow

Walleye

(31,081 posts)
4. We got five Democratic nays now and seven Republican yes it is
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 11:14 PM
Nov 2021

Who are the Democrats voting against it I wonder?

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,098 posts)
6. My guess is the Squad
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 11:17 PM
Nov 2021

AOC, Tlaib, Pressley, Bush, Omar
8 Republican yays now, only one I heard was Kitzinger

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,098 posts)
11. There were some strange ones apparently
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 11:29 PM
Nov 2021

Don Young was a yea. Along with several of NY,NJ and purple state reps.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. :) Okay. Pelosi can now hold this in the house if she chooses and
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 11:08 PM
Nov 2021

not send it to Biden for signature.

A lot of rather hysterical posts don't seem to realize that or that our pros in congress have some understanding of what they're doing. Who's misleading so badly? In any case, must be hard to carry the weight of the nation on your shoulders and be unable to do anything but unload here.

Great news for Democrats in the jobs #s today too, and other things. We're doing good.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. :) Stock market surged on the jobs report and proof that vaccination
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 11:26 PM
Nov 2021

is getting millions back to work and turning the corner on the economy. The new Pfizer pill.

And now we can start talking for real about all the BIL infrastructure package will mean to America.

Go, Dems!

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