The political messaging around Build Back Better continues to be so weird. Going into last week it was the last, best hope of mankind and the Democratic Party. Then Congress left DC and it was not mentioned again. Soon Congress will return and it will be hair-on-fire urgent again
Among the many artificial deadlines coming up there is also the deadline of January 3, 2022, when the Democrats will have been in office for a year without being able to pass their own platform.
Schumer now saying the Senate will take up a big military bill before the President's agenda. Since the Senate elects to only work one more week in November, this pushes consideration of BBB to at least December, another vacation-heavy month for Congress. politico.com/news/2021/11/1…
Democrats spent all that time last spring arguing over which kind of universal healthcare was best, and most of 2021 arguing over how many trillions of dollars to spend, and whether Biden was more FDR or LBJ, in order to arrive at an outcome where nothing happens. What the hell
If only there was any kind of political leverage available for Democratic leadership to use, instead of this unremarkable must-pass $768 billion military funding bill.
Oh hey, BBB is back, baby! And we're told that Democrats are "racing" to pass it again before a looming deadline (the next Congressional vacation). Thoughts and prayers to all legislators coming back from the last recess who must now toil for five consecutive days without a break 
Looks like Politico found us the winning slogan for next year
Let's keep our eyes on the prize: timid health benefits for poor Americans that won't be scheduled to kick in until after the next Congress has a chance to repeal them, coupled with a massive and immediate tax cut for blue state high earners suffering under the SALT cap.
Do you want to see billions in tax giveaways flow to corporations and billionaires? Or do you want to see them go to families struggling to raise a family on a nonprofit executive + software engineer salary in Montclair, Palo Alto, and Somerville? That is the choice America faces
"What? We lost the rural vote AGAIN?"
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