Sinema Won’t Back Budget Bill Until Infrastructure Passes
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Sinema has the power to stop legislation from advancing in the 50-50 Senate. Sinema and fellow Senate moderate Joe Manchin said they would not abide by any deadlines adopted by leadership to force votes. Congress already faces a pair of critical deadlines around Dec. 3, when the government faces the risk of shutdown.
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Senator Sinema rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a key moderate, told fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives this week that she will not vote for a multitrillion-dollar package that is a top priority for President Joe Biden before Congress approves a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, according to a source briefed on the meeting. Aides for Sinema, who has the power to stop legislation from advancing in the 50-50 Senate, did not respon…
Key Democrat rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure-source
U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a key moderate, told fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives this week that she will not vote for a multitrillion-dollar package that is a top priority for President Joe Biden before Congress approves a $1 trillion infrastructure bill...
U.S. Senator Sinema rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure-source
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a key moderate, told fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives this week that she will not vote for a multitrillion-dollar package that is a top priority for President Joe Biden before Congress approves a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, according to a source briefed on the meeting. Read More
U.S. Senator Sinema rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure-source
U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a key moderate, told fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives this week that she will not vote for a multitrillion-dollar package that is a top priority for President Joe Biden before Congress approves a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, according to a source briefed on the meeting.Aides for Sinema, who has the power to stop legislation from advancing in the 50-50 Senate, did not immediately respond to a reque…
Sinema Won’t Back Budget Bill Until Infrastructure Passes
Sen. Kysten Sinema (D-AZ) told a group of moderate House Democrats that she won’t support a budget reconciliation bill until the bipartisan infrastructure bill passes, Reuters reports.Also on the video call was Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who told the group that a $2 trillion top line for the bill is not a good starting point.
Hardball: Sinema tells House Dems she won't vote for reconciliation until Pelosi passes the bipartisan infrastructure bill
If this sounds familiar, it’s because she allegedly once told Joe Biden the same thing.
House progressives have insisted from the start that they won’t vote for the bipartisan infrastructu...