Senate Republicans Block Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Because Bill Text Not Yet Written
Senate Republicans blocked the bipartisan $570 billion infrastructure deal Wednesday because the text of the legislation was not ready to study.
Senate Republicans blocked the bipartisan $570 billion infrastructure deal Wednesday because the text of the legislation was not ready to study.
Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) want debate on the $3.5 trillion trojan horse “infrastructure” package to determine if they will support the plan after President Joe Biden’s visit of persuasion to Senate this week.
The $597 billion bipartisan infrastructure deal will reportedly be on the Senate floor in coming weeks, with the reconciliation package of perhaps $6 trillion also in the works.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) decried on Wednesday the “unholy alliance” of Republicans caving to Democrats, including on infrastructure, in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News.
Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said during a virtual town hall on June 30 that she will continue to hold the infrastructure hostage unless it were to include “bold climate” change action.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that Democrats want legislation marketed by the White House as part of a “Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework” to be defeated in Congress in order to blame Republicans for future infrastructure collapses.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) told Punchbowl News Tuesday the far-left reconciliation package could be between $6 trillion and $10 trillion, nearly tripling the 2021 revenue projections.
Far left House Democrats are seemingly threatening to tank a Democrat infrastructure package if the budget does not include amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.
A group of activists, flanked by noteworthy Democrat politicians, protested outside of the White House on Monday, demanding the Biden administration adopt an infrastructure plan that prioritizes climate change and blocking every entrance to the White House as part of their demand for action.
Some moderate Democrats are warning that they will not support the radical left’s spending package, which includes demands for “reconciliation instructions for trillions of dollars in additional spending,” according to reports.
The Republican senators working with Biden include Romney and Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Rob Portman (R-OH).
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday suggested she will blow up the bipartisan infrastructure bill if the Senate does not also pass a reconciliation bill.
Democrat Rep. Thomas Suozzi is exploring a one-time tax on wealthy Americans as Democrats are looking for ways to pay for their partisan wish list while they control Congress.
Sen. John Thune said Tuesday President Biden wants an infrastructure deal but the White House staff is undercutting the President.
Republicans Nearly Double Counter Offer to $1 Trillion in Negotiations over Joe Biden’s Infrastructure Package
Senate Republicans trashed President Joe Biden’s $1.7 infrastructure counter proposal late Friday, saying they are “further apart after two meetings with White House staff.”
President Joe Biden barely budged Friday in offering a new $1.7 trillion infrastructure deal to Republicans.
The White House has not asked Republicans for “input on major legislation” despite Joe Biden’s unity calls, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) said.
Senate Republicans on Thursday have formally countered President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion proposal at $568 billion.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) has countered President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal, on which Biden said he is ready to negotiate.
A Majority of New York Congressional Democrats sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), saying they vote to oppose “any tax legislation; that does not include a full repeal of the SALT limitations.”
The Senate Republican Conference released a memorandum outlining President Joe Biden’s partisan “infrastructure” wish list that will destroy the job market.
The Biden Administration’s “American Jobs Plan,” ostensibly an infrastructure-funding bill, will facilitate the outsourcing of jobs to China “under the name of global warming” if enacted, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) said.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggested Tuesday some possible ways President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package could be bankrolled.