Democrats are getting close to a win — and McConnell is getting nervous. (via MaddowBlog)
That said, the Senate GOP leader’s newest threat is brazen, even by McConnell’s standards. Roll CallRepublicans won’t back compromise legislation to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing and U.S. competitiveness with China if Democrats continue to negotiate a partisan budget package that can pass without GOP support, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday.
As legislative fights go, this one hasn’t exactly been front-page news, but lawmakers — from both chambers and both parties — have spent much of the last year on an ambitious bill to bolster American competitiveness and counter China, in large part by addressing domestic semiconductor shortages. It’s why the House and Senate both passed versions of the bill, sending the issue to a conference committee that began work in April on merging the competing measures into one final package. Most Capitol Hill observers agreed that USICA was likely to pass before the fall elections.
Because the bill would be passed through the budget reconciliation process, it could not be filibustered, and therefore does not need any GOP votes.that Democrats would fight amongst themselves and never actually agree on a reconciliation package. For a long while, that belief appeared sound.
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