Anyone know which Dems voted against the infrastructure bill?

[brush]

Pragmatism has to be the watch word now as we need to get things done so projects and jobs can get rolling before the mid-terms. Is it correct that if several republicans hadn't vote for the bill it would've failed because six Dems voted against it?

[qazplm135]

1. Which is why

They waited to vote against until after the Republicans already voted for.

[bottomofthehill]

2. The Squad voted against

OMAR (D-Minn)
BUSH (D-Mo)
BOWMAN (D-NY)
AOC (D-NY)
TLAIB (D-MICH)
PRESSLEY(D-MASS)

[Decoy of Fenris]

3. "Is it correct" No. Their votes were protest votes, given after the Reps came aboard. n/t

[comradebillyboy]

4. What were they protesting? Are they opposed to fixing

bridges and roads?

[Decoy of Fenris]

5. If I had to guess, they feel the BIF was tied to the BBB, and now BBB has no leverage. n/t

[MichMan]

9. So not trusting the President and the Speaker.

[Decoy of Fenris]

10. Given the dick-slapping round of fencing, I can't say I'd trust many if put in their position.

Right-wing Dems have threatened the Biden Agenda for months and have held a gun to Biden's head on several occasions. A protest vote means -very- little outside of the sentiment when genuinely right-wing Dems threaten to blow Biden away, legislatively and electorally.

[snowybirdie]

6. I believe it was the Progressive Caucus

AOC and the Squad. Protesting it wasn't enough, but with the permission of Speaker Pelosi.

[JohnSJ]

8. There are about 100 who make up the progressive caucus, and except for those 6, the rest of the

progressive caucus voted for it

[Beastly Boy]

7. In all fairness, those who voted against the bill represented the wishes of their constituents.

Were they to vote for the bill despite their previous pledge to vote against it under present circumstances, not only would they go back on their word and lose face, they would also run the risk of being "primaried" by weaker candidates who, in turn, could lose in the general election to Republicans a year from now.

I am by no means a fan of the Squad, but the fact that they voted their conscience without endangering the passage of the bill speaks well of them.

[MichMan]

11. What aspects of the bill did their constituents oppose ?

Roads & bridges, mass transit, green energy?

I would think any primary challengers will use this vote against them now.

[Beastly Boy]

13. They didn't oppose any particular aspect of the bill

They opposed the timing of the vote, or rather the sequence of the vote on the two bills. The Squad pledged, as they promised to the people who elected them, to vote against the infrastructure bill unless the social spending bill gets voted on first. They kept their promise.

I am not commenting on their judgement, or that of their constituents. It is what it is. I am just glad they acted in a way that didn't endanger the passage of the bill.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Remember their names

Link to tweet

[leftstreet]

14. Yes, they helped tank Biden's BBB

By the time Manchin, Sinema and the "moderate" Dems get done with it, it'll be the Build Back Barely bill.

No leverage now to get anything decent out of it that could help us or the Dems in the midterms

Oh well