From now on, Pelosi is playing hardball

[Zorro]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made clear in an interview on Wednesday that she doesn’t intend to let Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell play a hypocritical, shift-the-goal-posts game on the next rescue-and-recovery bill.

And despite McConnell’s backsliding, she insisted that such a bill will become law, partly because it will be in President Trump’s interest to get it done.

Making a commitment many progressives have been seeking, Pelosi (D-Calif.) pledged to set the terms in the next round of negotiations by having the next bill originate with her House Democratic majority. Her members would thus not be left in a take-it-or-leave-it position on a product largely worked out in the Senate.

“We’ll pass it in the House,” she said. “If [the Senate wants] to pass their own bill, we’ll go to conference. If they want to make some contribution that might be an improvement and something we can all agree on, we’ll go to the table.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/from-now-on-pelosi-is-playing-hardball/2020/04/22/17dc5f08-84d9-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html

[WVreaper]

1. We have all been waiting for this.

[rso]

2. Pelosi

I think Pelosi should have insisted on the additional funding when she had all the leverage. Promising to use her leverage in a future bill, which may be rejected by republicans, removes the tremendous leverage she had with the present bill. (Since the House has not yet passed the present bill, and based on the turtle’s latest statements, Pelosi still has the option to demand inclusion of what she and democrats want).

[marble falls]

3. Speaker Pelosi is a genuine American hero. She's more than stepped up to the plate.

[Pepsidog]

10. I thought so too until recently. I'm so tired of Mitch shitting all over us Dems. AOC for leader

[marble falls]

20. AOC's not ready yet. She'll get her turn and I have no doubt she'll do a great job.

[KS Toronado]

15. Wouldn't you be MORE embarrassed being a repug?

[Sugarcoated]

18. Yet you're using Republican smear

good job

[stopdiggin]

21. we're not real big on trashing Democrats around here

But .. time aplenty to learn the basic etiquette. Welcome to DU.

[Pepsidog]

22. I would slit my wrists before becoming an R.

[Sugarcoated]

16. Yawn

[marble falls]

19. But enough about icecream. How do you feel about pizza?

[SheltieLover]

4. They must pass universal basic income AND USPS funding

[elleng]

6. They've passed USPS funding, I think;

trump refused to sign it.

[Pepsidog]

9. No let Trump shut USPS down. Let him explain why it's not funded.

[Grokenstein]

13. "I tried my best to get the funding! But!"

"Those nasty fake-news Democrats wouldn't let me! Enemy of the people!"

[blm]

5. She pitched softball yesterday tapping Shalala for stimulus oversight

Instead of Katie Porter.

That move made ZERO sense and I’m guessing McConnell baited her into it with another promise he wouldn’t keep.

[choie]

7. Uh-huh

Why couldn’t she “play hardball” this time around?

[Pepsidog]

8. Are you kidding me? WTF is that..... Next time...I'm speechless.

[haricotblue]

12. We Need A Green Stimulus

On Earth Day, it seems fair to question where the Democrats are demanding that this "infrastructure" money go to building the green economy we'll need to save the planet -- why not create the jobs that way?

[jalan48]

14. Wait until next time. We'll really show em then!