“The Speaker didn’t break any promises,” the congresswoman from New York said
The party’s progressive and moderate wings are currently engaged in a stand-off as each group advocates for their preferred strategy for accomplishing President Biden’s agenda. A small number of moderate Democrats want to pass the bipartisan bill as soon as possible, while the nearly-100-member Progressive Caucus refuses to support the bipartisan bill unless the larger $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill also gets a vote.
Ocasio-Cortez in later tweets on Saturday also addressed concerns from moderates that the fate of the infrastructure bill will determine Democrats’ success in the midterms, saying that those same members are “halting voting rights” legislation, referring to the For the People Act that would expand voting rights and implement new laws around political fundraising and ethics.
“I don’t see how it makes sense to frame this infra[structure] bill as the #1 determinant of the midterms when the same slow-walkers here are halting voting rights,” she . “[Congress] could pass the best bill ever & it’s all a wash if Black & underserved voters are systematically disenfranchised next [year].”
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