Rashida Tlaib Treason
2021-01-26 07:49:36 UTC
For all President Bidens talk of ushering in a new dawn of
bipartisan unity, the reaction to his first legislative proposal
tells a different story.
Proud socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders loves Bidens sweeping $1.9
trillion COVID-19 recovery/relief package and is already talking
about using extreme tactics to push it through if Republicans
balk.
Yet moderates of both parties in the House and Senate express
concern about the bills lack of focus and potential to cripple
(not bolster) the already faltering economy.
That suggests that Bidens wish list is in trouble in both the
50-50 Senate and the House, where Dems have their narrowest
majority in over a century.
Sanders is talking about using reconciliation to ram the bill
through with only 50 Democratic votes plus Vice President Kamala
Harris tie-breaker. But the bill doesnt even have 50 Democrats.
And if the Houses centrist, bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus
continues to balk, Speaker Nancy Pelosi cant even pass it there.
Bolstering the vaccine pipeline is the most urgent need now,
plus perhaps more relief for employers. After all, Congress just
OKd a $900 billion bailout last month. But Bidens trying to
also, for example, impose a $15 federal minimum wage.
The new president is trying for a replay of the first Obama
year, and not let a crisis go to waste in pushing a left-wing
agenda, but moderates have more power than they did in 2009, and
theyre not buying it.
Biden needs to aim for a genuine unity agenda.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/biden-gives-up-on-unity-for-his-
first-action-item/
bipartisan unity, the reaction to his first legislative proposal
tells a different story.
Proud socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders loves Bidens sweeping $1.9
trillion COVID-19 recovery/relief package and is already talking
about using extreme tactics to push it through if Republicans
balk.
Yet moderates of both parties in the House and Senate express
concern about the bills lack of focus and potential to cripple
(not bolster) the already faltering economy.
That suggests that Bidens wish list is in trouble in both the
50-50 Senate and the House, where Dems have their narrowest
majority in over a century.
Sanders is talking about using reconciliation to ram the bill
through with only 50 Democratic votes plus Vice President Kamala
Harris tie-breaker. But the bill doesnt even have 50 Democrats.
And if the Houses centrist, bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus
continues to balk, Speaker Nancy Pelosi cant even pass it there.
Bolstering the vaccine pipeline is the most urgent need now,
plus perhaps more relief for employers. After all, Congress just
OKd a $900 billion bailout last month. But Bidens trying to
also, for example, impose a $15 federal minimum wage.
The new president is trying for a replay of the first Obama
year, and not let a crisis go to waste in pushing a left-wing
agenda, but moderates have more power than they did in 2009, and
theyre not buying it.
Biden needs to aim for a genuine unity agenda.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/biden-gives-up-on-unity-for-his-
first-action-item/