.MaddowBlog: Will these 9 moderate House Democrats derail President Biden's domestic agenda?
relatively clear. The Senate recently approved a $3.5 trillion budget resolution with unanimous support from the Democratic conference. The plan was for the House to approve the same budget blueprint, at which point the party could flesh out an ambitious intra-party compromise." -- announced they'd defeat the budget resolution, effectively crushing Biden's entire domestic agenda, unless the House first passes the Senate's bipartisan infrastructure plan.
These nine moderates -- representing roughly 4% of the House Democratic conference -- are well aware of their party's plan. The process envisioned by House Democratic leaders and the vast majority of progressive members has been unchanged from the outset: The chamber will tackle the $3.
that, as far as he's concerned, most House Democrats are"holding the president's priority hostage," which was amusing given that Biden doesn't support Gottheimer's scheme; and it's Gottheimer and the other moderates who are actually holding the president's entire domestic agenda hostage.
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