Congress passes $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering major win for Biden
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Congress has passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering on a major pillar of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda after months of internal deliberations and painstaking divisions among Democrats.

Great. Now, when Democrats inevitably get clowned on in the midterms, they won’t blame the Le-

Okay, I can’t keep a straight face.

  • SolidaritySplodarity [they/them]
    ·
    3 years ago

    Called it.

    The "progressives" never use their leverage and can therefore be ignored - when they're not actively fighting against us. They're a microcosm of the Democratic party, just slightly more left.

    We really need democratic centralism applied to reps wanting to use any socialist party label. It's the only way out of pure bourgeois democratic theater.

    • ElGosso [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The House Progressive Caucus is a joke, it's like a third of all Dems.

      Six Democrats voted against it, though:

      Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York

      Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri

      Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York

      Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota

      Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts

      Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan

      • regul [any]
        ·
        3 years ago

        Glad these 6 at least stuck to their guns. Although I'm sure they only did so knowing they didn't have to.

        • ElGosso [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Of course they knew, they were explicitly allowed to vote that way.