Progressives Prod Biden to Act on Own After Manchin's Roadblock

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

(Bloomberg) -- Progressive Democrats are pressing President Joe Biden to use his executive authority to accomplish at least parts of his economic agenda after Senator Joe Manchin effectively killed the current legislation.

Representative Pramila Jayapal, head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said Monday that Biden may be able to take action on some climate issues and easing of student loan burdens, without giving details.

She said Democrats can’t wait for a restart of negotiations with Manchin and expect a different outcome.

“We cannot make the same mistake twice,” Jayapal said on a conference call with reporters. “It is abundantly clear that we cannot trust what Senator Manchin says.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/progressives-prod-biden-to-act-on-own-after-manchins-roadblock/ar-AAS0117

[Irish_Dem]

1. Past and present behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.

The progressives are exactly correct.

[Budi]

2. Maybe should have considered the urgency of the bill last summer

..rather than wasting that time holding up the entire thing with "demands" that were never going to see the light of day.

This negotiating & work around that Sen Schumer already said over the weekend, will now be brought to the floor after Jan 1st.

The months last summer should have been spent working this out, rather than feeding the Media their daily fill of grandstanding drama.

Now here we are doing exactly what those wasted summer months could have been better spent on, as deadlines approach.