Manchin says Dems will need a lot of "clarity" to get reconciliation bill together by next week --- and calls for a pause. "Let's wait and see whatever we need... The main thing is inflation."
But AOC says infra bill is going down on Sept. 27 if reconciliation hasn't passed
But AOC says infra bill is going down on Sept. 27 if reconciliation hasn't passed
AOC: “So this is the thing you have a very small destructive group of members who want to hold the entire country's agenda hostage for an arbitrary date. And this is not it's not representative of the agenda of the caucus is not representative of the agenda of the President”
She added: “We need to stay focused on the original process that allowed us to move forward in the first place. … I'm more than happy to vote for the infrastructure bill, if we're able to figure out a way to bring it up in a concurrent fashion with reconciliation.”
Asked about the prediction by moderates that the liberals are bluffing and they won’t sink the infrastructure package next week, AOC said: “Well, I'm happy to show my cards.”
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