Conservative Democrats refuse to move negotiations forward on a reconciliation bill unless the House sends a bipartisan infrastructure bill to Biden’s desk. It’s hard to imagine Democrats coming to an agreement on a reconciliation bill within the next three weeks or so. The problem with negotiations around the reconciliation bill begins with a disagreement over whether to begin negotiations around the reconciliation bill. One track was the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which would tackle the roads, bridges and ports kind of infrastructure Democrats and Republicans could agree on. “All we need to do is pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill, sit down, and start negotiating in good faith.

Source: Huffington Post September 29, 2021 22:18 UTC