Sen. Sinema portrays herself back home in Arizona as bipartisan, but has angered much of her party by refusing to say how much of President Biden's agenda she will support.
WASHINGTON — The mailers on behalf of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., being sent out to homes across Arizona paint a picture of a renegade politician who delivers results.
The mailers provide a glimpse into the iconoclastic political identity that Sinema is creating at home in Arizona, while she sits at the center of an intraparty clash on Capitol Hill over President Joe Biden's agenda. They also reveal how invested the enigmatic Arizonan is inBut the mailers boast about $110 billion that may never get to Arizona, because that bill that hasn't yet become law. And its passage is not inevitable.
"The angrier they get, the more obvious it seems that their desire for a reconciliation bill is nil," ShakirRep. Ruben Gallego, a fellow Arizona Democrat, said his colleague could be more forthcoming. Manchin publicly revealed his counteroffer for the first time on Thursday — $1.5 trillion in spending, guardrails on social programs and higher taxes on the wealthy. Sinema, by contrast, has stayed mum about her demands, but her office said Thursday afternoon in athat she"continues to engage directly in good-faith discussions" with party leaders"to find common ground."
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