To reconcile the two most extreme wings of his party, Biden has promised them that the part of social spending will be approved the week of November 15
At the stroke of midnight, late at night and treachery, Congressional spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi voted on the infrastructure law that will create 19 million jobs, according to the promises of Joe Biden. The support of almost his entire caucus and that of 13 Republicans led to a final result of 228-206. He had to spin very fine to reconcile the progressive wing with the conservative one.
The latter has not wanted to comment on the social and energy spending package that matters so much to progressives, but has nevertheless given them their word – in writing – that it will support it as soon as the report of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO, ratifies the two fundamental promises: that it does not add “a penny” to the deficit, because it pays for itself, and that it will not increase the taxes of those who earn less than 400,000.
It took a new intervention from the president, Joe Biden. At 9 o’clock in the evening he returned to the cameras to publicly promise that the rest of the law will be approved “during the week of November 15.” His word had lost value, because the president and congressional leaders had also previously promised the progressive caucus that not one without the other would be voted on, but the entire plan. For that Pelosi could only lose three votes, but she had six lawmakers unable to commit without seeing the CBO report.
Biden’s hope
For Biden, his credibility was at stake. His popularity has progressively declined as negotiations and with him those of the entire party have stalled. The jokes on the street about his dysfunction attest to the damage that has been done. The hope of Biden and his colleagues is that with the infusion of money looming, the economy will pick up steam and voters will be able to feel the benefits around them before next year’s November election.
This is the largest investment in public works in more than a decade. Bridges, highways, electrical networks, railways and even the internet will share an injection of 1.2 billion dollars. The package also includes $ 50 billion to respond to climate emergencies, though clean energy gets more help in the Better Rebuild Act, which is approaching $ 2 trillion.
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