A) A senior Democratic leadership aide to Fox on where both the infrastructure & social spending bill stands: “It’s a sh*tshow.”
Fox is told is is increasingly possible the House doesn’t do either bill for several days.
Fox is told is is increasingly possible the House doesn’t do either bill for several days.
B) “What’s the rush?” said one senior Democrat to Fox. “The rush should have been before Tuesday. It’s pretty confusing.”
Another senior Democrat told Fox “it would take a miracle” to pass the bill in the next two days.
Another senior Democrat told Fox “it would take a miracle” to pass the bill in the next two days.
C) But House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) says “he’s hopeful for a miracle then.”
Simply put: they don’t have the votes. Yet.
Simply put: they don’t have the votes. Yet.
D) You cannot change the laws of Congressional physics. Newtonian laws of motion and the parliamentary version of Planck Constant apply on Capitol Hill. If you don't have the votes, you can't pass bills.
E) Moderate Democrats are insisting on a final score from the CBO and time to review the bill.
“There seem to be three different plans in play,” said Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-OH) when asked about SALT.
“There seem to be three different plans in play,” said Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-OH) when asked about SALT.
F) We are hearing chatter that to get a victory, Democrats could approve the “rule” to get the social spending bill on the floor. But not debate the bill. As part of that “rule” the House could “deem” infrastructure as “passed.”
G) But Democrats would like to actually put their name on the board as having voted for that bill.
Hoyer said that parliamentary option “was neither on nor off the table.”
Hoyer said that parliamentary option “was neither on nor off the table.”
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