Democrats On The Hunt For Votes For 3.5 Trillion Budget.
Democrats need some more votes and Speaker Pelosi is on a hunt to find them so that Biden’s budget get passed. (NY Times)
“Democratic leaders worked feverishly on Monday to cobble together the votes needed to push their $3.5 trillion budget blueprint through the House, facing an internal revolt from moderates who have vowed to block the measure until a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan is passed.
But after a day of frenetic negotiations, Democrats ultimately scrapped tentative plans for a vote on Monday. Lawmakers went home shortly after midnight without a clear agreement on how to pave the way for Congress to move quickly to enact an ambitious expansion of the nation’s social safety net over Republican opposition.”
Nancy Pelosi will be a very busy person for the next several days, working day and night to get the Biden Administration’s first budget passed. The task will not be easy by any means compounded by the pandemic along with the Afghanistan withdrawal fiasco. She has keen political instincts that will come in handy as she canvasses her party for the necessary ‘yes’ votes to get this budget moving toward the path of passage. Speaker Pelosi has overcome insurmountable odds in the past and will need all her stamina to stay on brand and marshal her party behind her.
