If, as Josh mentioned in his editorial post, Sinema has said she will sink reconciliation if her own negotiated bill isn’t passed by the end of the month, I say make her do it. And then boot her ass from the caucus if she does.
At some point you have to draw the line. As furious as Manchin can be, and is, he doesn’t just draw arbitrary lines in the sand that jettison his own positions. There is typically some rational beyond arbitrary petulance.
So over Ms Curtsy. If she insists on threatening to shoot the nearest hostage, give her a cute little thumbs down and send her packing.
Because there aren’t things like judicial and executive branch appointments that are on the line with holding the majority, nor about basic conduct of business such as what Committees are investigating and holding hearings on.
Kicking her out of the caucus means no action on anything, and Senate “investigations” into the 2020 Stolen Election running 24/7.
Yes, I realize this. All of it. And Sinema knows it too. At some point she has to decide if she’s actually a Democrat.
If she is willing to jettison all you’ve listed - and more - just because there isn’t a vote on her pet project by Sep 27, then she’s already made her decision.
She’s acting like a child, not a Senator, at least not a Democratic Senator. Might as well make that clear to her now.
So if Breyer kicks the bucket in the next year, you’d like MoscowMitch to be able to block a replacement potentially until 2025 when he might get to a 7-2 majority?
I may be completely naive, but I am disappointed in the performance of “centrist” (they’re not) Democrats giving pharmaceutical companies a blow job and Manchin and Sinema prancing around blocking almost everything I have wanted to see happen for the last 3 decades. These people do not deserve the offices they hold. If they don’t get their shit together soon they will become the new Liebermans - sacrificing the whole country and generations of Americans to fulfill corrupt promises to large donors.
Speaker Pelosi can use what is called a “Deeming resolution” to pass the two bills simultaneously. With such a resolution, when the first bill is voted on, the resolutions deems the second bill to have also passed by the same vote.
It’s a time-honored way of getting a budget passed when there is disagreement.
Every time the R’s do this, the US is viewed as less stable, its bond rating goes down, and its cost of borrowing goes up. R’s know this and they just don’t care. Meanwhile, the sorry little pittance some seniors put aside for retirement shrinks in value. R’s just hate America.
Agreed, I do think the pressure needs to be a bit more public, I think there needs to be someone announcing a primary challenge, allowing the DNC to publicly say they will not get involved (vs support the incumbent as the usually do)
While that might be necessary, I expect Biden to have at least two more Come-to-Jesus meetings with Sinema and Manchin, in which the president will not be wearing gloves.
I don’t know. We’ll have to ask Senator Sinema what she wants. Or is she still eating mud in the backyard?
I get your point. It doesn’t change my opinion. If she is willing to let all those nightmare scenarios play out because her tantrum didn’t pan out as she intended, she was never really a Democrat. That’s my point.
