10 R & 10 D Senators agree on 8 year, $1.2T infrastructure outline

[LonePirate]

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Manu Raju @mkraju

Twenty senators from both parties announce support for $1.2T, eight-year bipartisan infrastructure outline

The 10 Rs:
Burr
Cassidy
Collins
Graham
Murkowski
Portman
Romney
Rounds
Tillis
Young

Manchin and Sinema are part of the 10 Ds.

If this can be passed without reconciliation which Ds can use later, I say pass this bill since 10 R votes would allow it to overcome the filibuster. Granted, I suppose there is a chance M/S might not vote for a reconciliation bill but both have shown adherence and openness to passing a reconciliation bill because it is within the rules.

[wryter2000]

1. I'm torn

It’s real money. It’ll overcome the filibuster and get real points for getting through the Senate. No small accomplishment. That and jobs will help us win votes next year. But it makes accomplishing anything else really unlikely.

[ShazamIam]

11. I would bet my best toe that they loaded it with abusive additions, poison pill and eliminated

anything that will help people, like job training funds, and probably stipulated that nothing more can be added.

[DemocraticPatriot]

15. They have only agreed on an "outline".... No actual legislation has been written

as of yet.

[madinmaryland]

2. Well, it could possibly save reconciliation for another bill.

[empedocles]

3. Movement

[SoonerPride]

4. It's a fair compromise.

If this saves reconciliation for something else it’s all the better.

[ShazamIam]

12. How can you make that claim without knowing what the Facists demanded?

Not even one of them will approve of anything that might create a positive response to the Biden administration with the 2022 Congressional elections.

This to me, only means they have loaded the legislation not only with cuts to necessary effort, but have loaded it with political attack talking point items.

[RegularJam]

5. Maybe I'm wrong.

But this tells me democrats are closer to going alone than I thought. This is a legitimate attempt.

[getagrip_already]

6. 8 years?

150 B per year?

Doesn't sound very strong to me.

[LonePirate]

9. The outline is almost certainly limited to roads, bridges, ports, airports, some rail and broadband.

There might be some climate change items included. Some of the other things in Biden’s request, namely senior care and child care, have likely been booted among other things.

Here’s an article from CNN which explains Biden’s recent $2.1T proposal.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/03/31/politics/infrastructure-proposal-biden-explainer/index.html

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Republican opposition is weakening

If they can get to $1.8T I say go for it.

[budkin]

8. No increased taxes on the rich should be a nonstarter

It simply must happen.

[ShazamIam]

10. I am certain the Republican adjustments cut off the people who need the work the most and shifted

funds to corporation and are demanding that nothing be started until after the 2022 midterms, where they will then cancel the bill.
I am also certain they included items they intend to use as attack topics in the 2022 midterm political ads.

[ananda]

13. Does this feel like Reeps are setting a trap to hurt Dems?

It sure does to me.

IOW, if this doesn't pass, then they will blame the Dems.

I hate this posturing.

[Hotler]

14. After all the "Fuck No's" from the repugs all of sudden now. I don't trust this, seems too easy.

Smells like it's bit right of center to me. Needs to go further to the left of center. I didn't vote for mediocre. I voted for giving the fuckers a stick in the eye. Save me the We need Manhcin slob stories.

[ShazamIam]

16. I am sure the changes they demanded are generally harmful and this will only be used to attack the

Democratic who want to return some wealth and power to the peoples and provide for the general population those services that a government can provide, and it is more than highways and bridges.

Those spendy Democratic want the people to benefit, and not mention the trillion or more spent on bailing out and subsidizing corporate and monopolized U.S.

The same people own the media who own the corporations and the entire Republican elected and some of the Democratic.

Plus they most delay any spending until after the 2022 midterms. So delay, poison pills and political attacks are what to expect from the Republicans.