White House gives a wink to progressives as they threaten Biden's infrastructure bill

[Patton French]

Found this interesting. I hope it works.

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One by one, liberal lawmakers have announced that they will vote to defeat a bipartisan infrastructure bill if moderate Democrats and the White House do not offer a firm outline for an accompanying social and climate spending package as well. And just as tensions within the party were at a seeming boiling point this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) turned it up even further, urging House Democrats to vote against that bipartisan infrastructure bill when it is scheduled to hit the floor on Thursday.

Though some of those same progressives have loudly complained that President Joe Biden isn’t doing enough to reach out to them individually on his legislative agenda, the White House seems utterly unbothered by it.

Instead, they’re hoping that the prospect of a progressive revolt will only add to the pressure they’re attempting to exert on Sens. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the two moderate Senators most noncommittal about supporting a party-line reconciliation bill. Two sources familiar with the White House’s messaging to progressives said that officials have made it clear to them that they are not displeased with all the talk about voting down the infrastructure package.

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https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/09/30/white-house-progressives-manchin-sinema-514775

Edit: sorry, forgot link

[hedda_foil]

1. Link please?

[Patton French]

2. Added

Sorry about that…

[hedda_foil]

3. Thank you!

[Budi]

4. "Two sources familiar with.."

"Two sources familiar with the White House’s messaging to progressives"..

Isn't Politico now owned by a foreign RW billionaire likened to Rupert Murdoch?

"..officials have made it clear to them that they are not displeased with all the talk about voting down the infrastructure package"


Wtf wrote this?
"White House made it clear to them that they are not displeased with all the talk about voting down the infrastructure package"

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[Patton French]

5. You make a good point

This could be complete BS.

[George II]

6. Looks like Politico created their own story.

[Budi]

7. Politico sold out to Foreign Capitalist Axel Springer for a cool $Billion!

RW Axel Springer is known in the business as the Rupert Murdoch of foreign press.

If that tells us anything.
So much for "Corporate!" "Capitalisim!" " Millionares & Billionares!"

I guess its ok now if Politico does it.
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