When the Senate reconvenes today, it will have an amendment by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) before it to consider that would bar the Biden administration from cancelling the Trump administration’s border wall construction contracts. And there are reportedly plenty more amendments to follow.
Is Sinema already sipping cocktails on some beach with no direct flights?
Schumer seems to know what he’s about. I admit that when he became Minority Leader after Reid retired, I was more than a little concerned. Now, less so.
And if he’s able to get the reconciliation bill (and voting rights) done, better and better, of course.
I’m assuming that, if she were, it’d be headlines somewhere fer sure. Thus, I suspect she’s still there.
I’m still somewhat gobsmacked, as I see #moscowmitch and his toadies actually working on passing legislation. That is what they get paid for, after all. Also eagerly awaiting Lucy to pull the football away at the last moment. That’s when the reconciliation fireworks start.
Did she reach a deal with Ted Cruz on his Cancun time share?
More like attempting to slow down legislation - complete with warnings that if they try and move things off of Mitch’s time schedule, they lose the bipartisan votes.
Give the Republicans three strikes on their amendments. After three fail to get 50 votes - they’re done. That way, they can front-load all their bipartisan ideas and save the horseshit for when they run out of real solutions.
Performance Art to the Max. I guess she could be in Lower Slobbovia (a la Al Capp)…so there’s That.
The sweet move from Schumer is that he’s holding out on recess until it passes.
And all the Senators want to go out on the playground and run around, so he’s playing exactly the right game to get at least some of them tired of time-wasting since it’s just cutting into their “tag” time.
I’m sure Schumer REALLY wants to ‘listen’ to Mitch’s threats…especially after shutting them out for 4 years while they shoved judges down our throats and gave money away to the very wealthy.
As long as the reconciliation budget instructions aren’t done, do they really want to pass the bipartisan bill? I thought he wanted them both done before recess. If this McConnell BS isn’t holding up the reconciliation bill work then Schumer can blame the GOP for obstructing their own recess.
ETA: Sinema surely can’t complain about the GOP making her late for her vacation, can she?
Last I was tracking he had both promised up before recess. One inevitably has to pass before the other, makes sense it would be the bipartisan so as not to give an excuse to vote against it by having already passed the reconciliation. And since Pelosi’s not bringing her folks back to vote on either until she has both, safe to play it either order.
And infrastructure is highly unpopular…only 70%-80% approval…so the GOP has got the will of the People on its mind
If I were Schumer I would want them both nailed down so Manchin and Sinema and even the House all agree with the parameters so no one can say later: “That’s not what I signed up for”
Ah, maybe have to edit, he’s promising to pass a “blueprint” before recess, not quite sure what that actually means.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/29/schumer-infrastructure-spending-bill-votes-501554
The blueprint is part of the process:
Congress is supposed to pass a blueprint for tax and spending bills called a budget resolution every year, though it doesn’t always do so. A budget resolution requires approval of a majority vote in the House and in the Senate (not 60 votes). The president plays no role. The Congressional Budget Act permits the use of the reconciliation process only if the House and Senate first agree on a budget resolution that includes “reconciliation instructions,” that is, dollar targets for committees to raise or lower spending or revenues for a given fiscal year or a period of years. Such resolutions do not detail what specific legislative changes a committee should adopt to meet its targets. After the committees finish their work, the budget committees in the House and Senate assemble the recommendations into a single omnibus bill—the reconciliation bill. In the House, as with any legislation, the majority rules. In the Senate, a reconciliation bill requires only a majority. Once both houses agree on this omnibus bill, it goes to the president to sign or veto.
Sinema’s response to delaying the recess,
“She had prior vacation plans, she said, and wasn’t about to let the infrastructure or reconciliation bills get in the way.”
