AOC vows progressives will 'tank' the bipartisan infrastructure bill if a reconciliation bill including more care-economy and climate change measures isn't passed in tandem
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Via: texan1211 • 3 years ago • 46 commentsBy: asheffey@businessinsider.com (Ayelet Sheffey) 1 hr ago (MSN)
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© AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
After President Joe Biden reached an agreement with a bipartisan group of senators on an infrastructure plan, many Democrats criticized how the deal cut out many care-economy measures, like eldercare and affordable housing.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York doubled down on those criticisms on Thursday, promising that progressives will "tank" the deal unless a separate bill, full of care-economy measures, makes the cut, too.
Senate Democrats announced on Tuesday they had reached such a deal which they hope to pass in tandem with the infrastructure package through a political process known as reconciliation, which just requires a simple majority vote.
"House progressive are standing up..." Ocasio-Cortez said during a town hall. "We will tank the bipartisan infrastructure bill unless we also pass the reconciliation bill."
-The Recount (@therecount) July 16, 2021
On June 24, Biden announced he had reached an agreement on an infrastructure plan with the bipartisan group of senators after weeks of negotiations, ending up with a plan that was just under $1 trillion - cutting over a half of the president's original price tag. This led many Democrats, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, to say that in order to win their support for the bipartisan deal, a reconciliation bill must be passed alongside it to get needed care-economy measures to the American people.
"There ain't going to be an infrastructure bill unless we have the reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate," Pelosi told reporters at the time.
Biden even said during a press conference after announced the agreement that the infrastructure deal and a reconciliation bill would work "in tandem," but he later walked back those comments following fierce opposition from Republican lawmakers.
But progressive lawmakers are still pushing for a reconciliation bill that they believe is urgent to meet the needs of the country, including addressing the climate crisis, and their promise to shut down the bipartisan deal if the reconciliation bill isn't passed at the same time imposes difficulties for the deal's future.
"If [Senate Dems] try to strip immigration reform, if they try to claw back on child care, climate action, etc., then we're at an impasse," Ocasio-Cortez said. "It's a no-go."
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I can't wait until the next time some progressive liberal starts whining about "bipartisanship" after this stunt by the ignorant Congresswoman.
Sounds like Nancy will have some difficulty herding her cats.
Yes, how dare someone speak her mind. Damn those people with their own minds!
Good thing none of the republicans are willing to do that, we've all seen what happens to republicans who refuse to toe the line.
She HAS one???!!!!??
Bipartisan call from the left are pointless, as that isn't how today's Democratic Party wants to roll.
Bunch of hypocrites.
Uh oh, sure sign of a losing argument, personal insults.
Correct. Republicans whine about it a lot, but over the last 12 years have shown no intent for bipartisanship, and the few time any outlier republicans do try to be bipartisan, the republican leaders punish them.
It's the loser republicans begging for bipartisanship, with no intent of allowing it.
Who in the hell do you think is working on a bipartisan bill which the President and now AOC has severely undermined?
Not the republicans.
Wow Wee! AOC surely is powerful if she can overrule the President, Majority Leader, The Speaker of the House and Mitch McConnell.
Not bad for a second term Congresswoman.
In reality you are just being wildly hyperbolic!
Do you understand what the word "bipartisan" means?
Well, facts mat be a stranger to you, but it HAS been in the news for a while now.
BTFW, did you bitch about Biden and other Democrats LYING about it when they claimed it was bipartisan?
Somehow I bet not.
AOC is a mere child, mind-wise.
She is an idiot at best.
OBVIOUSLY not!!
Oh, I do. However the republican right wing dictionary has an entirely different definition. In that dictionary the definition of "bipartisan" is the democrats doing whatever the republicans want them to.
I see no evidence of that.
Please post the link to this fabricated "definition".
Sorry, but it is behind a paywall. You have to pledge money, every month, to Trump's election fraud fund to gain access to it. Perhaps you can copy and paste the right wing definition for all of us?
bullshit.
fake.
Prove it.
You claimed it was in some dictionary somewhere that you invented in your head, and now expect me to refute that ignorant claim with proof?
Tell you what--you post the link where you claim to have got the "definition" from and I'll debunk it.
LMMFAO!
That is how Texan debate rules work. Obviously you cannot prove your claim, so it is accepted as so much bull.
You "claim" it is behind a paywall, but how would you know what the article says if you can not read it?
Just post your proof and I will easily debunk the ridiculous claim faster than you can find it on the internet.
the deal cut out many care-economy measures, like eldercare and affordable housing.
Hmm, not sure what these have to do with infrastructure?
Only place I want to see anything from AOC is in my septic tank!
Is she a Republican plant? It would explain a lot of things
I would just hate to think a Republican could even act so stupidly.
You can say that after this guy??? So far he has admitted to taking drugs and having to pay women (girls) to have sex with him. So far he has set one of the lowest bars in the republican party for stupidity.
Nice whataboutism.
Got anything to say about the topic?
He still looks like Beavis
You're the one talking about stupid republicans , I just provided 1 single example for you.
Which means it was not a "whataboutism", OR off topic.
This is it in a nutshell to go along with one of her most infamous statements "You just pay for it"
"If [Senate Dems] try to strip immigration reform, if they try to claw back on child care, climate action, etc., then we're at an impasse," Ocasio-Cortez said. "It's a no-go."
You know, the old my way or the highway democrat mantra.
I figure the GOP in pretty good shape just as long as people like AOC exist in Congress.
You didn't "figure" Trump would lose either...
Compared to Bobert AOC is Albert Einstein.
Actually, I made no prediction on who would win.
I stated a number of times that I thought it would be fairly close if Trump managed to eke out a win, and that I wouldn't have been surprised if Biden won big.
AOC is an idiot, plain and simple.
If they are going to play the all or nothing game, nothing is the better option, and I actually do support the bi partisan infrastructure proposal.
nah, wrong color, wrong gender, and she's educated...
Silly remark.
I suppose that listening to all those weird news channels and reading those websites day after day makes one believe all sort of untrue things.
Or are you just trying to prove Reagan right again?
how would I know if liz taylor was "a great piece of ass for a 15 year old"?
“It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so.”
Basically saying, "Democrats sure are dumb? Aren't they? Yep they sure are stupid! Yup!", over and over and over is not smart or profound.
It isn't witty or funny. It is just being irritating.
But, what can you expect? Intelligence is very elusive for Trumpettes.
Well, then, isn't it a good thing I wasn't fucking talking to you!
And also for progressive liberal hacks!
That was the Reagan quote he was previously referencing and Reagan was right!
It would actually.
The whole "planted to make the party look bad" thing would also explain a lot about Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Nah, pretty sure they are just 2 jackasses who are completely full of themselves.
AOC don’t be a goddamn idiot.
Too late!
Far too late for the pride and joy of the progressive left!