We Need To Pass The Damn Infrastructure Bill

[DemocratSinceBirth]

We need to put some Ws on the board.

Carry on...

[FBaggins]

1. We do indeed

The CPC is correct that this will mean that they lose leverage on the larger reconciliation bill. But it’s time to accept that they never really had that leverage.

Getting half of the priorities in the BBB bill would still be a substantial victory given how narrow the margins are.

Merely undoing Trump’s tax code changes would be a victory

[qazplm135]

2. why are you so anxious to settle for one win

instead of waiting just a few weeks to get two wins?

I wish folks would just come out and say "I don't want the reconciliation bill."

[SoonerPride]

5. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Or don’t count your chickens before they hatch

How many aphorisms do you need?

[qazplm135]

9. well I'd probably

go with strawman argument.

We can literally have both birds, we are bargaining away against ourselves for no good reason.

It's not an either or, it's just you and they all know that if they cant ram through one, they don't have to vote on the other bill they don't want at all.

So, you can have both birds, if you want...or you can have neither.

[BlueIdaho]

7. I wish people would realize

How few days are left in the 117th Congressional session.

[qazplm135]

8. it's certainly more days

than this Thursday.

[BlueIdaho]

11. You again?

Adios!

[Walleye]

3. Also we need to get started on these construction projects so people can see we're getting it done

[tritsofme]

4. Biden needs a win right now.

Our majorities are tied up in nothing else more than this approval ratings.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. I'm the biggest Pollyanna on this board but the drop in Biden's approval rating is frightening

We need to change the conversation.

[mcar]

6. This!

[Celerity]

10. No. giving up the leverage likely spells doom for the reconciliation bill, and not passing the

bi-partisan bill now in no way kills it. Passing the bi-partisan bill now, however, may well kill the reconciliation bill, or, at bare minimum, help to dramatically shred it.

This pressure to act now is a gambit that will not end well for Biden's agenda.