Neal says Sinema is ready to deal
Source: The Hill
The head of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee said Thursday that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), one of the centrist holdouts resisting President Biden's sweeping economic agenda, is ready to get a deal.
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) said he spoke with Sinema for roughly 30 to 40 minutes Thursday morning in an effort to break the impasse over Biden's massive social benefits package. According to Neal, Sinema indicated that a failure to pass the president's top agenda item is not an option.
"I started the conversation with that. I said, 'Kyrsten, this has got to pass.' She said, 'I couldn't agree more,' " Neal told reporters outside the Capitol.
Sinema has balked at several of the revenue raising provisions designed to help cover the full cost of the social spending bill, which includes a broad expansion of health care benefits, safety net programs and efforts to combat climate change. Her opposition has infuriated liberals on and off of Capitol Hill, who are accusing her of coddling corporations and other well-heeled interests at the expense of her own constituents.
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Fiendish Thingy
(15,366 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)CTyankee
(63,769 posts)What nerve!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)not a minute before.
FBaggins
(26,695 posts)Sucha NastyWoman
(2,725 posts)LudwigPastorius
(8,943 posts)If so, I especially thank those veterans for resigning and taking their frustration with Sinema to the NY Times.
It's a drag when someone in Congress needs the stick instead of the carrot to do the right thing, but at least it looked like it worked.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)I phone banked for MoveOn tonight. We called voters in AZ & WV and asked them to leave a voicemail for their senator asking them to pass Build Back Better.
I spoke with Democrats in AZ who are very unhappy with Sinema. I was able to connect them directly to their senator's voicemail.
I told the people that I called that I live in Georgia and that I went door to door in the pandemic to GOTV for Warnock and Ossoff so that we would have a majority, and now we need the Democrats in AZ and WV to help convince their senators to support Build Back Better.
spooky3
(34,302 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)I phone banked, wrote postcards, and went out on the doors for Ossoff and Warnock in addition to my local and state Democratic candidates during the 2020 campaigns and the January 2021 runoff. In my community, we elected the first Latina District Attorney in Georgia! She's an amazing Democratic woman!
I took a break, but it is now time to get busy and get to work. The 2022 election is a little over a year away.
I plan on getting Senator Warnock re-elected and getting Stacy Abrams elected Governor here in Georgia.
XanaDUer2
(10,327 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Youre welcome! 👋
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)elleng
(130,126 posts)The Wizard
(12,482 posts)and as such cannot be trusted. She an Manchin are holding the specter of a Republican majority over the Democratic Party. The Democrats must focus on winning 3 more Senate seats to nullify Manchin and Sinema.
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Bayard
(21,802 posts)How much can she demand cuts to the budget, and claim that she tried.
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)who will not forget or forgive her betrayal. She will be one of the few sitting Senators in US history to lose a primary.
Republicans will not save her. Neither will running as an Independent. Her only hope of being re-elected in 2024 would result from fully embracing President Biden's agenda. She has lost the trust of a significant percentage her Democratic constituents, who voted for her to represent their interests, not Trump's or Mitch McConnell's interests.
packman
(16,296 posts)She might have come to the realization that her stance and behavior is toxic to her corporate future.
Javaman
(62,439 posts)dont be surprise if she back peddles and tries to use mental gymnastics to explain away her stupidity.