Jayapal on Rachel just now: CPC will vote no on bipartisan bill if Senate doesn't pass BBB first

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34. Do you know for a fact

that they agreed to anything?

I don't. I don't think you do either.

For all we know, they told everyone they weren't on board the whole time, and folks went ahead anyways thinking they could get them there in the end.

Do I think they are right to oppose it? No. Would I be ok if they chopped it down to like 2.8 Trillion ish? Sure. There's nothing sacred about 3.5. Would I be happy if it went all the way down to 1 to 1.5 trillion? Not at all.

Does any of my feelings matter regardless? Nope.

The reality remains. They get to object and cut, and progressives have to decide if whatever the ultimate result is, is worth voting for the bipartisan bill, and moderates have to assume progressives will vote no on the latter if moderates go too far and decide whether they want THAT bill or not.

So really, both sides have some choices to make. The problem is that the progressives are more or less one voice, but the moderates have different camps. Sinema doesn't want any tax increase but wants to pay for it using carbon tax, but that won't work because well it wouldn't fund it if we keep the no taxes under 400K rule, and Manchin ain't going for it. Manchin will go with some tax increases but apparently Sinema won't. Then you have a few other moderates who all want various things included or taken out (like prescription drugs).

Here's the deal, we don't have to do everything in one bill. Get what we can this time around, and then try and get some more later. If ultimately we get say 2.5 Trillion, that's still 3.5 trillion in infrastructure plus 2 trillion in covid relief for 5.5 trillion dollars going out to people.

You telling me that's a progressive disaster??