An electoral thumping boosts Democrats' urgency to pass President Biden's agenda.
"We have been circling the landing for a long time. Now, it's time to stick the landing," Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., a Biden friend and ally, said Wednesday on MSNBC."We need to pass and send to his desk from the Congress a Build Back Better bill and an infrastructure bill."
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, asked Wednesday if the Virginia gubernatorial defeat changes the agenda of the House, replied:"No." "They were already really emboldened. They were frustrated by inaction on bipartisan infrastructure before last night," said Kristen Hawn, a former senior aide to the moderate House Blue Dog Coalition."Even more so now."
"Youngkin appealed to parents and education. I think we have the formula to appeal to parents even more by passing a bill that provides child care, that provides pre-K, that provides jobs," Jayapal said on MSNBC."My message now is: Let's get these two bills done ... We will then really be able to appeal to families and say we do understand your economic pain.""We can never run on just anti-Trump," Jayapal said."We have to run on the things we do.
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