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In reply to the discussion: No More F*cking Around. We elected you. Start acting like it (what I want to see today from Dems) [View all]TiberiusB
(490 posts)I have a metric ton of articles about Manchin, Sinema, and the other blue dogs to make an actual, evidence supported rebuttal to the notion that it's the imaginary "pony" crowd holding everything up.
Here's a few, out of literally dozens:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/moderates-blocking-joe-biden-infrastructure-squad/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/13/joe-manchin-biden-agenda-senate-democrats|
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-06-01/biden-calls-out-2-democratic-lawmakers-for-blocking-agenda|
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/23/22638611/federal-budget-3-5-trillion-moderate-democrats-u-s-house-jim-costa-jesse-jackson|
https://www.abc15.com/news/state/biden-calls-out-kyrsten-sinema-for-blocking-agenda
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2021/06/22/sinema-defends-filibuster-on-same-day-its-used-to-stall-voting-rights/
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/08/joe-manchin-is-opposing-big-parts-of-bidens-agenda-as-the-koch-network-pressures-him.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-manchin/u-s-senator-manchin-in-threat-to-biden-agenda-opposes-reconciliation-backs-filibuster-idUSKBN2BV03B
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/politics/joe-manchin-op-ed.html
https://texassignal.com/op-ed-joe-manchin-its-time-to-stop-obstructing-bidens-agenda/
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