{"id":573643,"date":"2021-06-25T09:51:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573643"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:51:21","slug":"graham-says-biden-is-holding-bipartisan-bill-hostage-argues-its-become-a-suicide-mission-for-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-says-biden-is-holding-bipartisan-bill-hostage-argues-its-become-a-suicide-mission-for-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Says Biden Is Holding Bipartisan Bill \u2018Hostage,\u2019 Argues It\u2019s Become A \u2018Suicide Mission\u2019 For GOP"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fgraham-says-biden-is-holding-bipartisan-bill-hostage-argues-its-become-a-suicide-mission-for-gop%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=573643&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233615784-scaled-e1624626166382.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday attacked President Joe Biden for linking the bipartisan infrastructure deal reached earlier that day with 11 Senate Republicans to a larger reconciliation bill proposed by Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he\u2019s gonna tie them together, he can forget it!\u201d Graham <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/playbook\">told Politico<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not doing that. That\u2019s extortion! I\u2019m not going to do that. The Dems are being told you can\u2019t get your bipartisan work product passed unless you sign on to what the left wants, and I\u2019m not playing that game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/biden-manchin-infrastructure-deal\/\">reached a deal<\/a> with a bipartisan group of senators to pass a smaller version of his infrastructure package, he announced at the White House earlier Thursday. Graham was among the Senate Republicans who originally signed onto the bipartisan infrastructure framework, which indicated there were enough Republicans to overcome a filibuster, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/playbook\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.5185185185185\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If reports are accurate that President Biden is refusing to sign a bipartisan deal unless reconciliation is also passed, that would be the ultimate deal breaker for me.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mQ850kbZGw\">https:\/\/t.co\/mQ850kbZGw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1408159301257076746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/ilhan-omar-nancy-pelosi-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-american-jobs-plan-chuck-schumer\/\">threatened to tank<\/a> the $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill unless key Democratic priorities such as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/biden-infrastructure-plan-climate-change-green-agenda-subsidies-electric-vehicles\/\">climate change action<\/a> and child care, which are omitted from the bill, are included in a complementary reconciliation bill.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/16\/chuck-schumer-infrastructure-joe-biden\/\">began preparing<\/a> a multitrillion-dollar reconciliation bill earlier in June, even as bipartisan talks on the infrastructure package were taking place at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Biden told reporters during a press briefing Thursday that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/joe-biden-bipartisan-infrastructure-package-without-reconciliation-bill\/\">he has no plans to sign<\/a> the bipartisan infrastructure bill unless it\u2019s accompanied by a complementary reconciliation bill. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/21\/joe-biden-infrastructure-roads-bridges-highway\/\">(RELATED: Wait A Second, Biden\u2019s Infrastructure Plan Calls For Tearing Down Highways?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graham said the five Republicans who negotiated the bipartisan deal never told him about the president\u2019s dual-track strategy for infrastructure, adding the lawmakers were likely unaware of the plan themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost Republicans could not have known that,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/playbook\">told Politico<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s no way. You look like a fucking idiot now. I don\u2019t mind bipartisanship, but I\u2019m not going to do a suicide mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans also attacked the president\u2019s dual-track strategy, arguing he created a massive problem that could jeopardize the entire bipartisan deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president\u2019s comments did real damage here,\u201d a senior GOP aide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/playbook\">told Politico<\/a>. \u201cIt is astonishing that he could endorse this bipartisan framework in one breath and then announce he will hold it hostage in the next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday accused Democrats of \u201cpulling the rug out from under their bipartisan negotiators\u201d with the new dual-track strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1408177969705762825\">during a speech<\/a> on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. 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