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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs Progressives fight to get the BBB plan passed one of the obstacles
they face is Sinnemancha might calculate that passing nothing at all plays better with their voters than passing both bills.
Sinnemancha might be wrong in this thinking, but they could be considering it.
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As Progressives fight to get the BBB plan passed one of the obstacles (Original Post)
kairos12
Oct 2021
OP
Both of them seem to want the BIF to pass, which is why holding it hostage has them...
PoliticAverse
Oct 2021
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. SineManchin already know their voters want the stuff in BBB.
They don't give a shit about their voters. They care about their donors; they are building their retirement nest eggs.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,429 posts)2. I doubt it is their voters they are thinking about.
bluewater
(5,376 posts)4. +1000
Carlitos Brigante
(26,500 posts)3. .
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)5. Both of them seem to want the BIF to pass, which is why holding it hostage has them...
to the point they are.
Manchin did do the "how about 0" the other day, but it was apparently just to make a point.
bluewater
(5,376 posts)6. "Manchin did do the "how about 0" the other day"
Very true.
Passing the Build Back Better bill is, shall we say, not a priority for either Manchin or Sinema.
JT45242
(2,266 posts)7. Sinnemancha don't give a whit about voters only donors
They only care about donors -- Manchin already gutted the Medicare stuff that is popular with more than 80% of all voters regardless of party.
As Lenny Briscoe would say "FOLLOW THE MONEY."