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16. Members of the left wing of the party hold the infrastructure hostage

Reply to Elessar Zappa (Reply #14)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 05:59 PM

Oct 2021

It passed the senate, it can be the crown achievement during the 2022 and 2024 campaign.

Instead, their demand to bundle it with the other bill will never pass the senate and will be viewed by the R's as proof of the inability of the Democrats to govern.

Just pass the infrastructure bill!

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