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applegrove

(118,622 posts) Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:26 PM Jul 2021

Sanders Claims Democrats Have Votes for Budget Bill

Sanders Claims Democrats Have Votes for Budget Bill

July 28, 2021 at 6:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 75 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/07/28/sanders-claims-democrats-have-votes-for-budget-bill/

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told reporters: pool: “As I understand it, next week we’re gonna have 50 votes in order to pass a three-and-a-half trillion dollar budget resolution.”

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Sanders Claims Democrats Have Votes for Budget Bill (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2021 OP

K&R BeckyDem Jul 2021 #1

Has he spoken with Sinema? JohnSJ Jul 2021 #2

Great...let's hold him to it. Red Mountain Jul 2021 #3

more like you will need to hold Sinema to it, because she is the saying she wants it lower JohnSJ Jul 2021 #4

Do you mean the second track 3T infrastructure bill... brush Jul 2021 #5

I believe Sinema has said she will vote for the budget resolution tritsofme Jul 2021 #6

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:29 PM

Jul 2021

JohnSJ

(92,136 posts)

2. Has he spoken with Sinema?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:30 PM

Jul 2021

https://www.businessinsider.com/kyrsten-sinema-blocks-democrats-plan-to-spend-infrastructure-2021-7

Red Mountain

(1,731 posts)

3. Great...let's hold him to it.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:31 PM

Jul 2021

I like Bernie.

JohnSJ

(92,136 posts)

4. more like you will need to hold Sinema to it, because she is the saying she wants it lower

Reply to Red Mountain (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:33 PM

Jul 2021

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142776658

brush

(53,764 posts)

5. Do you mean the second track 3T infrastructure bill...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:40 PM

Jul 2021

Democrats only with Veep Harris breaking the tie? It was also announced today that the bipartisan, smaller infrastructure bill has the 60 votes necessary. Even McTurtle has said he's onboard.

tritsofme

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6. I believe Sinema has said she will vote for the budget resolution

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:59 PM

Jul 2021

Which sets the stage for reconciliation, but that she might not support the actual package itself, if she considers it too “expensive”

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