House Moderates Say They Won't Back Budget Vote Until Infrastructure Bill Passes

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4. I think it is just the start of "negotiations"

The moderates need a decent set of "talking points" to have for their swing district constituents.

I posted about that a couple days ago - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2783362

The Senate's Infrastructure bill passing in the House is not the problem - that is a done deal and may even be signed by or on Labor Day as a nice touch.

It's the reconciliation bill that will be a problem in the House due to the Problem-Solvers Caucus vs the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

The Manchin/Sinema thing in the Senate is going to be its own side-show, and really, it won't just be them. There are a number of (D) "moderates" in the Senate who will probably start balking, like Chris Coons & compatriot Tom Carper, or Jean Shaheen & compatriot Maggie Hassan.

It will be a slog and we will hear endless nonsense from the media about "the bill", "the bill", "the bill" as if each iteration were the "final one", just lie they did with the ACA.

And don't forget, because the fiscal year DOES end September 30, and although the House sent over a big pile of appropriations bills to fund the government for FY2022 right before they went on break, the Senate has done nothing with those yet.

So someone needs to pass a C.R. to get through some portion of the new FY or there will be a government shutdown come September 30.