Some Democrats are not ready to let the results of Virginia’s high-profile gubernatorial race go, arguing that the loss might have been avoided if Congress had passed the infrastructure plan ahead of the election.
On Friday the House passed a $555 billion infrastructure bill after months of negotiations, and just days after Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe for governor in Virginia, flipping control of a state that Biden won handily just a year ago.
The vote came after weeks of missed deadlines and then hours of wrangling between Democrats that ended in a pact between progressives and centrists. Progressives agreed to pass the bipartisan physical infrastructure bill, and centrists promised to vote for the Build Back Better bill after an estimate about the bill's price is completed.
Virginia, which elects a new governor one year after presidential races, has long been viewed as a political bellwether. Both parties were anxiously watching as results poured in from across the commonwealth, eager for clues about the political landscape that will inform their upcoming campaigns.
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