POLITICO Playbook: Graham: Biden made GOP look like 'f---ing idiots'

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The article actualy contains a plan, and/or playbook of expected steps to pass both the bipartisan and Democratic infrastructure.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/06/25/graham-biden-made-gop-look-like-fing-idiots-493371

MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION — President JOE BIDEN, Senate Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER and Speaker NANCY PELOSI unveiled a rather daring new strategy Thursday for getting the president’s agenda passed.

The gist is this: If Biden’s proposal for “family infrastructure” and climate change doesn’t pass, then neither will the bipartisan infrastructure deal that senators just struck. Think of this as a Plan B after Sens. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) and KYRSTEN SINEMA (D-Ariz.) refused to promise they’ll support Part 2, Democrats’ multitrillion-dollar reconciliation package.

But the Biden-Schumer-Pelosi playbook also has the makings of a serious legislative cluster — and high drama over whether Democrats can actually pull this off — this summer and possibly into the fall.

Here’s your new timeline, according to Hill sources, and bear with us for a bit of procedural wonkery:

1) The Senate will turn the bipartisan agreement into legislative text in the coming days so it can pass it out of the chamber in July. The House will likely have its own version. But instead of conferencing and approving a combined bill for Biden’s signature before the August recess, leaders will put infrastructure on ice until the Democrats-only bill catches up.

2) Schumer and Pelosi plan to have both their chambers pass their respective budget resolutions before the August recess, enabling Democrats to unlock the fast-tracking reconciliation tool.

3) That budget will include instructions for each committee to tackle everything from corporate tax hikes to climate change, education, paid family leave and the like — in other words, everything Democrats want that’s not included in the bipartisan infrastructure package. The panels will work over the August recess to draft the massive reconciliation bill, which Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) hopes will top $6 trillion.

4) When lawmakers return in September from the August recess, they’ll have a few weeks to clear both bills at the same time. The new deadline for getting both to Biden’s desk, per Democratic leaders, is Sept. 30, when a bunch of surface transportation programs expire.

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1. Such A Failure...Why Don't The Dems Just Shut It Down Now

Why on earth would they continue to try to do good for this country when they are doomed to fail? Oh wait, this is Politico...of course they would smack around the Dems.

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2. My interest in the article is the schedule or playbook as it is called to get the legislation

passed and signed by Biden.

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3. Sounds more like playing hardball to me instead of failure.

Biden and Schumer will be seen as having been patient with Manchin and Sinema's bipartisan dreams with the smaller bill while also covering the progressive Dem's wants in the larger, reconciliation bill. Manchin and Sinema and the rest of the reluctant centrists will feel immense pressure to go along with the reconciliation plan because Biden and Schumer went along with their bipartisan plan.

That's pretty damn smart IMO.

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4. Quite

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5. Don't

think there should be an August recess unless this is passed before then. Stay in DC until it’s done!

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6. I hope they cancel at least 3 weeks of the August recess, like McConnell did.