Why Not A Different 50th Senate Vote?
Sanders needs to come out and announce that he's the new 50th vote in the Senate. Now, I'm NOT suggesting he hold his breath until he turns blue, or call anybody names, but merely establish a new negotiating position.
He needs to urge the House Progressives NOT to vote for the anti-worker, anti-consumer, debt-busting, corporate Repub bill, until the Senate passes the BBB with vision, hearing, and dental are added to Medicare, with paid family leave, and negotiated prescription drug prices, and possibly more.
He can ask some VERY embarrassing questions. The American people, particularly those in WV and AZ, approve of all the different plans in the BBB proposal, including in WV and AZ.
Why are two Senators OPPOSING what their constituents want?
Why are two Senators spouting false propaganda? The cost of the BBB proposal is ZERO, as it is completely paid for, so the claims that it is too big or too expensive are BOGUS. The claim that it would be inflationary is BOGUS.
He can claim this is what President Biden campaigned on and was elected on, and what the American people want by VERY wide margins.
The best part is, the Corporate Dems can't blame the Progressive Dems, as Bernie IS NOT A DEMOCRAT. They can use the Corporate Dem tactic that Sanders doesn't represent us, but we agree with his agenda.
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'The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highway System' would disagree.
in the Senate when it comes to voting for Biden's agenda.
And that's in a state that Biden won by +35.
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The fiery independent from Vermont is actually dead last on the "votes with Biden" list. Both Manchin and Sinema have 100% records.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/
among Democrats and Independents in voting with and in support of the president and his agenda.
He doesn't need to make an announcement. His record speaks for him.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/
my post states just the opposite of what you're claiming.
more zealous/radical sorts are famous for as leverage. But it's important to note that to this point they've been using it to get the Democratic Party's BIDEN PLAN passed, as much of it as possible. They haven't gone off the team to insert their personal demands, for instance. And we all have more we'd like in it.
Jayapal and a third of her caucus did alarm by threatening to trash both bills in their entirety. If they meant it, that'd mean a group of extremists capable of destroying everything were threatening to from inside the Democratic Party. Extremists have already taken over the GOP, and sabotaging control of our party, and its ability to come through on promises to the electorate, could ultimately be fatal. Alarming worst case.
But, a congressional scholar on O'Donnell last night believed it was coming along and predicted that once all 50 senators committed to passing the reconciliation package, the house's delays would also resolve. (And then Pelosi would hold both bills in the house rather than send to Biden as "leverage" on senate Republicans to pass the reconciliation package. Sigh.)
In any case, today Sanders is reported as "signaling" the house to hold off the vote until all 50 senators commit to passing the reconciliation package. Again.
So, so far looks as if Sanders is invested in passing this historic progressive legislation, which, incidentally, would be, by far, the most significant achievement on his own legacy.
