Everybody who is not Sinema/Manchin should be FURIOUS now. We can have fights on policy - that’s normal. That’s NOT what’s happening here. Sinema/Manchin AGREED to the reconciliation top-line. THAT AGREEMENT is what got the BIF 69 votes in the Senate. Short angry thread... 
Without that agreement on reconciliation, the BIF would never have gotten through the senate. We know this because 11 Senate Democrats signed a letter saying passing BIF without the reconciliation bill would be QUOTE “in violation of that agreement.” thehill.com/policy/finance…
This is easy math. Take out those 11 senate votes and what do you get for BIF? 58 votes - not enough to clear the dumb filibuster hurdle of 60. BIF is DEAD without those 11 votes. And the way Sinema/Manchin GOT them was by promising a reconciliation bill along with BIF.
NOW team Manchin/Sinema is saying they won’t even negotiate on reconciliation until the House passes BIF. I CALL BULLSHIT. We all should be calling bullshit. Because this is some damn bullshit. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
The President should be shouting from the roof tops: WE HAD A DEAL. If Manchin/Sinema oppose a 3.5t reconciliation bill, they could have have scuttled it - that would have been fair play. But instead they used their agreement to get BIF through the senate on false pretenses.
We can’t sacrifice the President’s agenda to folks who demand concessions, get what they want, and then refuse to hold up their side of the bargain. Again, the technical term for that is BULLSHIT. Manchin/Sinema should be roundly ridiculed for this cynical, non-serious behavior.
In conclusion, support @RepJayapal and your local House progressive caucus member who are fighting for some sanity and justice in this ridiculous world. /end
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