Moderate House Democrats draw new set of lines in the sand on a $3.5T budget bill that is the centerpiece of President Biden's domestic agenda.
The letter from House moderates ties their votes to whatever Manchin will agree to, but it also suggests Pelosi will have latitude on climate provisions that are crucial to progressives.WASHINGTON — Moderate House Democrats drew a new set of lines in the sand Friday on a $3.5 trillion budget bill that is the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.
The text of the bill would have to be worked out ahead of time between the two chambers — in an informal process known as"pre-conferencing" — so that politically vulnerable Democrats don't have to vote on controversial provisions that won't make it into law. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats, responded by saying he's ready to kill the infrastructure-plus measure Manchin negotiated with a bipartisan group of senators.The letter from House moderates ties their votes to whatever Manchin and Sen. Krysten Sinema, D-Ariz., will agree to — perhaps giving them more leverage — but it also suggests Pelosi will have latitude on climate provisions that are crucial to progressives.
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