{"id":1040769,"date":"2021-11-21T15:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T20:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1040769"},"modified":"2021-11-21T15:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T20:29:31","slug":"stakes-are-really-really-high-aoc-warns-senate-changes-to-spending-bill-could-meet-resistance-in-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stakes-are-really-really-high-aoc-warns-senate-changes-to-spending-bill-could-meet-resistance-in-house\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stakes Are Really, Really High\u2019: AOC Warns Senate Changes To Spending Bill Could Meet Resistance In House"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstakes-are-really-really-high-aoc-warns-senate-changes-to-spending-bill-could-meet-resistance-in-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1040769&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made it clear that she expects President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better spending package to pass without substantive changes from Senate Democrats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/ocasio-cortez-its-dangerous-to-think-that-the-democrat-party-has-a-woke-problem\/\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>, in an interview with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/21\/us\/politics\/aoc-democrats.html\">The New York Times<\/a>, complained that the sweeping legislation had already been watered down enough in an effort to appease more moderate members of the party such as West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AOC Fumes Over \u2018Empty Promises\u2019 Amid Gutted Spending Bill, Calls on WH to Bypass Congress: \u2018Biden Could Do This Stuff With a Stroke of a Pen\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8KcBduvDfV\">https:\/\/t.co\/8KcBduvDfV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mediaite (@Mediaite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mediaite\/status\/1462428427148054535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the stakes are really, really high,\u201d she said, pointing out the fact that members of the House <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/chair-of-house-dem-caucus-democrat-voters-tired-of-far-lefts-trash-talk-moderates-wont-be-punching-bag-for-progressives\/\">Progressive Caucus<\/a> had been wary of a deal from the start, initially balking at any deal that would allow the bipartisan infrastructure bill to move forward without the passage of the larger spending package being tied directly to that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire reason that the Progressive Caucus gave their votes [to the recently-passed $1 trillion infrastructure bill] was based on direct promises from the president, as well as direct promises from more conservative Democratic holdouts, and from House leadership as well,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez continued. \u201cSo if those promises don\u2019t follow through, it\u2019s going to be very, very difficult for them to get votes on anything moving forward, because the trust that was already so delicate will have been broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite her disappointment in what was left out of the Build Back Better package \u2014 which passed the House on Friday after House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/kevin-mccarthy-sends-letter-to-members-outlining-americas-declining-condition-under-biden-democrats\/\">Kevin McCarthy\u2019s<\/a> record-breaking floor speech delayed it overnight \u2014 Ocasio-Cortez touted the programs that did make the final cut before the bill was sent off to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What did we just pass in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BuildBackBetter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BuildBackBetter<\/a>?<br \/>\u2705 Universal Pre-K \ud83d\udc76\ud83c\udfff<br \/>\u2705 Lower US Climate Emissions \ud83c\udf0e<br \/>\u2705 Medicare + Hearing\ud83e\uddbb\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>Some of Team AOC\u2019s Inclusions:<br \/>\u2705 High Speed Rail + Transit\ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\ude8a<br \/>\u2705 Creation of Civilian Climate Corps (300k jobs!)\ud83e\uddd1\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83c\udfed\ud83d\udc77\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<br \/>\u2705 NYCHA Repair\ud83d\udcb0+ Faircloth Repeal \ud83c\udfd9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EODeO2FcgT\">https:\/\/t.co\/EODeO2FcgT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1461737483344007169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to plans for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-build-back-better-would-raise-taxes-on-up-to-30-of-middle-class-households-report\/\">universal Pre-K<\/a> and new standards for lowered carbon emissions, Ocasio-Cortez pointed out the parts of the bill that her team had championed, like high speed rail and the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps \u2014 which she claimed would create 300,000 new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez told the NYT that any substantive changes made in the Senate could potentially trigger another impasse in the House, noting that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made it clear that she expects President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better spending package to pass without substantive changes from Senate Democrats.Ocasio-Cortez, in an interview with\u00a0The New York Times, complained that the sweeping legislation had already been watered down enough in an effort to appease more moderate members of the party such as West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.AOC Fumes Over \u2018Empty Promises\u2019 Amid Gutted Spending Bill, Calls on WH to Bypass Congress: \u2018Biden Could Do This Stuff With a Stroke of a Pen\u2019 https:\/\/t.co\/8KcBduvDfV\u2014 Mediaite (@Mediaite) November 21, 2021\u201cI think the stakes are really, really high,\u201d she said, pointing out the fact that members of the House Progressive Caucus had been wary of a deal from the start, initially balking at any deal that would allow the bipartisan infrastructure bill to move forward without the passage of the larger spending package being tied directly to that.\u201cThe entire reason that the Progressive Caucus gave their votes [to the recently-passed $1 trillion infrastructure bill] was based on direct promises from the president, as well as direct promises from more conservative Democratic holdouts, and from House leadership as well,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez continued. \u201cSo if those promises don\u2019t follow through, it\u2019s going to be very, very difficult for them to get votes on anything moving forward, because the trust that was already so delicate will have been broken.\u201dDespite her disappointment in what was left out of the Build Back Better package \u2014 which passed the House on Friday after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy\u2019s record-breaking floor speech delayed it overnight \u2014 Ocasio-Cortez touted the programs that did make the final cut before the bill was sent off to the Senate.What did we just pass in #BuildBackBetter?\u2705 Universal Pre-K \ud83d\udc76\ud83c\udfff\u2705 Lower US Climate Emissions \ud83c\udf0e\u2705 Medicare + Hearing\ud83e\uddbb\ud83c\udffcSome of Team AOC\u2019s Inclusions:\u2705 High Speed Rail + Transit\ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\ude8a\u2705 Creation of Civilian Climate Corps (300k jobs!)\ud83e\uddd1\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83c\udfed\ud83d\udc77\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\u2705 NYCHA Repair\ud83d\udcb0+ Faircloth Repeal \ud83c\udfd9 https:\/\/t.co\/EODeO2FcgT\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 19, 2021In addition to plans for universal Pre-K and new standards for lowered carbon emissions, Ocasio-Cortez pointed out the parts of the bill that her team had championed, like high speed rail and the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps \u2014 which she claimed would create 300,000 new jobs.Ocasio-Cortez told the NYT that any substantive changes made in the Senate could potentially trigger another impasse in the House, noting that the Progressive Caucus was likely to view negotiations with both moderate Senate Democrats and the White House as being in bad faith moving forward.\u00a0Calling the entire process \u201cdemoralizing,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said that they were \u201cnot going to take these empty promises anymore.\u201dShe then addressed President Joe Biden\u2019s role directly, arguing that he could \u2014 and should \u2014 bypass Congress and take executive action if moderate Democrats continued to water down his agenda.\u201cWhy are we taking this as a legislative compromise, when the opportunity is so much greater, or when Biden could do this stuff with a stroke of a pen, and is just reminding us that he\u2019s choosing not to?\u201d she asked.The rise of Progresauthoritarianism: \u201cThere is an enormous amount of executive action that they\u2019re sitting on that I think is underutilized\u2026So why are we taking this as a legislative compromise\u2026 when Biden could do this stuff with a stroke of a pen.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/iKQW9q0E0F\u2014 James Gallagher (@J_GallagherAD3) November 21, 2021\u201cThere is an enormous amount of executive action that they\u2019re sitting on that I think is underutilized,\u201d she said.Ocasio-Cortez also warned that a failure to get things done legislatively would likely translate to a failure in the 2022 midterm elections.In this interview with @AsteadWesley, @AOC is loud and clear: if Democrats don\u2019t do more to engage and mobilize our base and young voters, we will get trounced in the mid-terms.We have to deliver for the voters who put us in office and are in need.https:\/\/t.co\/gpUaDrF3Uo\u2014 Max Berger (@maxberger) November 21, 2021Saying that Democrats needed to deliver on the promises they made to their voters, Ocasio-Cortez argued that the party also needed to put more effort into engaging and mobilizing younger voters if they wanted to win.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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