Progressive members of Congress insisted Sunday that two key parts of President Joe Biden's legislative agenda would advance in tandem as negotiations with the moderate wing of the Democratic Party continue.
would advance in tandem as negotiations with the moderate wing of the Democratic Party continue.
She added: "Every single member of my caucus has said we're going to vote for that bill as long as we get the reconciliation bill that has the rest of the very important priorities that the president laid out." , blasted House Democrats for their "failure" to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure plan, an effort she led in the Senate.
"It's a simple proposition. And so I think it makes sense I support both of them, and I think we can get them both done," he said. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chairman of the Budget Committee, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the measures need to stay linked and that the timeline doesn't matter.
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