During tense negotiations over the reconciliation bill on Capitol Hill among Senate Democrats yesterday, Joe Manchin told Bernie Sanders he would be "comfortable with zero" when it came to the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. In other words, Manchin would prefer no reconciliation bill at all. Just the $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill.
When I read about Manchin's remark it very much reminded of when Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal told her supporters last week that nothing is better than something. In her case, Jayapal would prefer no infrastructure bill at all. Just the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.
Needless to say this is beyond counterproductive. If there is no room for compromise within this wide crevasse within the Democratic Party then we can surely look forward to a Republican controlled House and Senate in 2022. There will be no infrastructure bill and there will be no reconciliation bill. We can look forward to a whole lot of nothing.
Which is why Senator Manchin and Representative Jayapal better get their heads out of their asses and give us something.
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