House punting the budget resolution to the Senate, reports @lindsemcpherson rollcall.com/2021/07/01/hou…
The budget resolution is going to effectively determine the infrastructure toplines. And House isn't going to directly weigh in.
Point for Team Manchin.
The budget resolution is going to effectively determine the infrastructure toplines. And House isn't going to directly weigh in.
Point for Team Manchin.
@lindsemcpherson Why isn't the House putting forth their own resolutions? Because it would be too hard to reach consensus: "The panel's chairman, John Yarmuth, D-Ky., had hinted as much earlier in the week, noting the split within his party on the subject..."
Disunity weakens leverage...
Disunity weakens leverage...
The Senate is also not unified: "[Yarmuth] heard that Sanders is struggling to unify his committee around a proposal. Yarmuth said he was told that Sanders has only locked in support of nine of the 11 Democrats on [the budget cmte]"...
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