contains only 550 billion in new spending. H ealready heped cut almsot 80% if the new spending from the bipartisan bill.
Biden's proposals totalled to 6.1 trillion usd (in new spending, inclusive of 400 billion usd in clean energy tax incentives) between the 2 bills.
The tax incentives were all removed from the bipartisan bill, as was a shedload of Biden's agenda.
IF Manchin gets his way, the total in new spending will be around 1.5 to 2 trillion usd, a massive drop from 6.1 trillion.
more detail here
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15833203
as for this
and then after that GOTV the fucking vote for the Dems in 22 and then go scorched earth with a progressive agenda with +52 D Senators and the D House.
good luck fighting:
the historical tides of Dem POTUS first midterms (the last 2 were unmitigated disasters)
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the 7 to 12 net seats we will lose in the House simply from post 2020 Census redirecting
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the wave of voter suppression laws that will come, are coming already, and we cannot even pass the 2 vital voters protection bills because of Manchin and Sinema refusing to even modify the filibuster
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not being able to run on a large, large part of Biden's agenda (IF Manchin and Sinema end up shredding massive parts, which they already have helped to do on the bipartisan bill)
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The Senate map is hardly a slam dunk to go + 2 net
we have 4 at risk seats (GA, NH, AZ, NV)
the Rethugs have 3 (open seat in PA, open seat in NC, and WI, regardless of if that POS Johnson retires or not)
plus a very iffy reach race in FL
Manchin and Sinema do not even run for re-election (if Manchin even does) for over 3 more years, yet they are in the process, so far, of shitting all over Biden's agenda, the Party's agenda favoured by the vast, vast majority of the entire Dem caucus, and our chances in 2022.
Neither is even likely to win in 2024, Manchin has been outflanked on both the left AND the right by Justice in a hugely Red state, and Sinema is,
atm, cruising to be defeated in a Dem primary (her numbers are in the shitter compared to Kelly, her Senate Dem AZ partner).
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