The Democrats have their panties in a wad after not only having to shelf their massive spending bill, but also they lost their provision that would have granted illegals immunity from deportation and possibly a path for citizenship. This is the third time that the Parliamentarian has kicked the proposal. She rightly said that it could not be included in a reconciliation bill. That means the Democrats can add it to another bill or a stand-alone bill, but either way, it would have to survive a filibuster.
The Democrats say they will pass the spending package next ear, but that is doubtful. Both Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are standing in the way. Manchin believes it would lead to even more massive inflation. The spending is outrageous and the Democrats included a huge tax break for the richest people in the United States.
Biden said:
“I believe that we will bridge our differences and advance the Build Back Better plan, even in the face of fierce Republican opposition.”
“It takes time to finalize these agreements, prepare the legislative changes, and finish all the parliamentary and procedural steps needed to enable a Senate vote. We will advance this work together over the days and weeks ahead.”
They are hopping mad over their attempt to allow illegal aliens to stay here forever:
“We strongly disagree with the Senate parliamentarian’s interpretation of our immigration proposal, and we will pursue every means to achieve a path to citizenship in the Build Back Better Act.”
“The American people understand that fixing our broken immigration system is a moral and economic imperative,” they added, “and we stand with the millions of immigrant families across the country who deserve better and for whom we will not stop fighting.”
Wouldn’t it be nice if they fought for us sometime?
Contrary to the statement, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told reporters that they did not have an alternative plan “at this point.”
Manchin signaled his frustrations with the negotiations Wednesday when he lashed out at a reporter who asked him if he was trying to delete child tax credit payments from the bills.
“This is bulls***. You’re bulls***!” said Manchin to a Huffington Post reporter. “I’m not opposed to child tax credit, I’ve never been opposed to child tax credit!”
