What the hell is this?
NYT - House Moderates Say They Won’t Back Budget Vote Until Infrastructure Bill Passes
Nine moderate House Democrats told Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday that they will not vote for a budget resolution meant to pave the way for the passage of a $3.5 trillion social policy package later this year until a Senate-approved infrastructure bill passes the House and is signed into law.
The pledge, in a letter released early Friday, is a major rift that threatens the carefully choreographed, two-track effort by congressional Democrats and the Biden administration to enact both a trillion-dollar, bipartisan infrastructure deal and an even more ambitious — but partisan — social policy measure. The nine House members are more than enough to block consideration of the budget blueprint in a House where Democrats hold a three-seat majority.
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That sentiment may go beyond the nine. Other more moderate Democrats, who declined to sign, have also said they very much want an immediate vote on the infrastructure bill.
“This is a once-in-a-generation infrastructure bill, and I think we should strike while the iron is hot,” Representative Elissa Slotkin, Democrat of Michigan, said. “We should bring it to the House and vote on it as soon as possible.”
The 9 a-holes are as follows:
Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey
Filemon Vela, Texas
Henry Cuellar, Texas
Ed Case, Hawaii
Kurt Schrader, Oregon
Carolyn Bourdeaux, Georgia
Jared Golden, Maine
Vicente Gonzalez, Texas
Jim Costa, California
+ Elissa Slotkin, Michigan, for getting quoted supporting them.
DRAG THESE MF’s. I don’t care if they do perfomative BS stuff for their districts. This ain’t performative, this is a big f’ing deal.
I wrote the following email to one of them, and will send the same to the rest.
(It’s funny. This is my first diary, after 18 years on this orange machine. I always thought that, when I finally got around to it, my first diary would be some theoretical treatise, some impressive masterpiece. But I woke up pissed off to this news, so y’all got this instead, LOL.)
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Regarding your letter to Pelosi on the jobs bills: Your disastrous stance is bad news
Bad news for the country, which needs climate protection, and clean energy biz capital - and support structure for longer job creation. Why in the world wouldn’t you use historically low interest rates to invest in the nation’s future?
Bad news for Dems, who need to deliver powerful results to its 2020 voters before 2022 midterms. And Polls show ALL voters want the tax system more equitable again.
Bad news for YOU. Your name is now circulating in bright lights for Dems nationwide for the first time - in the worst way. We will not just write angry letters. We will demonize you. NEVER send you ACTBlue funds again. Actively support primary opponents. Actively oppose you in any future office you ever seek.
In short: seriously, what in the world do you think you’re doing? What made you think this was wise - merely some temporary “gosh I’m moderate” headlines for your local constituents/fundraisers, who will suffer from the failure of these job creating plans? Shortsighted
You’re wreaking damage all around. Cut It Out. NOW.
