{"id":569430,"date":"2021-06-21T13:21:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T17:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569430"},"modified":"2021-06-21T13:22:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T17:22:01","slug":"reports-democrats-fighting-with-each-other-on-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-democrats-fighting-with-each-other-on-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Democrats fighting with each other on infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Freports-democrats-fighting-with-each-other-on-infrastructure%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=569430&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--><div id=\"attachment_2431482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2431482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is surrounded by reporters as he leaves the Senate chamber following a vote, at the Capitol in Washington. Manchin is working with a bipartisan group of 10 senators negotiating an infrastructure deal with Joe Biden. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:15 AM PT \u2013 Monday, June 21, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Democrats have been faced with a steep hill to climb to get their infrastructure package passed. As lawmakers have made efforts to hash out a bipartisan infrastructure deal, Democrats have played tug-of-war between the more moderate and radical members of their party.<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday, a bipartisan group of 21 senators have worked on a $1.2 trillion plan. The group includes 11 Republicans, nine Democrats and one Independent. The bill\u2019s price would be a far cry from the White House\u2019s initial $4 trillion proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Even with the bipartisan support, there\u2019s still a chance that effort can fall short of garnering the 60 votes normally needed to pass through the Senate. If Democrats try to pass a smaller package through reconciliation, it seems unlikely to pass through without both progressive and moderate Democrats on the same page given the party\u2019s razor thin Senate majority.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Crumbling transportation infrastructure in rural Illinois needs stronger federal attention, especially when residents and businesses rely on sound roads &amp; bridges. Rural America needs a bipartisan solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorDurbin\/status\/1406962875533496333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Radical left-wing lawmakers have signaled their unwillingness to budge on issues like so-called climate change, social welfare programs and gas tax. This includes Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who has floated a bill as large as $6 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a situation right now where people throughout this country cannot afford child care, elderly people cannot afford hearing aids or dental care,\u201d he expressed. \u201cWe have a disaster in terms of climate impacting this country right now. How do you go forward?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 1965, half of all seniors over the age of 65 had no medical insurance. The passage of Medicare ended that injustice. <\/p>\n<p>Now, in 2021, we can continue to fulfill the promise of Medicare by expanding it to include dental care, eyeglasses, and hearing aids. Let&#8217;s get it done.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1406393630458269697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Congressional leaders have floated two packages: one that would be bipartisan and one that would would be far larger, which they would try to pass through reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth are moving forward, the bipartisan track and the track on reconciliation,\u201d Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) explained. \u201cBoth we hope to get done in month of July, both the budget resolution and the bipartisan bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, moderate lawmakers such as Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) are expected to throw a wrench in that plan. Manchin has a history of thwarting Democrat efforts to forgo bipartisanship, including his recent attempt to pass a bipartisan voting bill with the For the People Act, his opposition to a $15 minimum wage and his opposition to eliminating the Senate filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sinema went viral for her vote against the $15 minimum wage and her decision not to show up for a vote on whether to continue with the January 6 commission.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/jake-sullivan-says-biden-foreign-policy-promotes-u-s-values-and-interests\/\">Jake Sullivan Says Biden Foreign Policy Promotes U.S Values And Interests<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is surrounded by reporters as he leaves the Senate chamber following a vote, at the Capitol in Washington. 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