Henry Cuellar, a Blue Dog, told us there are enough moderates who would tank the procedural vote for the $1.75 trillion bill tonight, saying the rule "is not going to pass" if it comes up.
"As of right now, there are enough votes in my opinion to vote no on the rule.”
"As of right now, there are enough votes in my opinion to vote no on the rule.”
He said there are outstanding issues to resolve first. But Cuellar said there has been a lack of trust caused by broken promises of Democratic leaders.
"They told us they were not going to move this til they were not going to have 50 votes in the Senate. They also told us they were going to vote on BIF until Sept. 27. And here are they are," he said, referring the shorthand of the bipartisan infrastructure framework.”
"So the two things they told us have not been kept together -- so there certainly is a lack of trust among moderates,” Cuellar said
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