{"id":605102,"date":"2021-07-28T15:50:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T19:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=605102"},"modified":"2021-07-28T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T19:50:32","slug":"sinema-says-no-to-3-5-trillion-reconciliation-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinema-says-no-to-3-5-trillion-reconciliation-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinema Says No To $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Package"},"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%2Fsinema-says-no-to-3-5-trillion-reconciliation-package%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=605102&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:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sinema-1-scaled-e1627501371417.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Wednesday that she will not support the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package that her party\u2019s leadership hopes to pass via reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not support a bill that costs $3.5 trillion\u2014and in the coming months, I will work in good faith to develop this legislation with my colleagues and the administration to strengthen Arizona\u2019s economy and help Arizona\u2019s everyday families get ahead,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/politics\/arizona\/2021\/07\/28\/arizona-sen-kyrsten-sinema-wont-back-democrats-3-5-trillion-reconciliation-bill\/5402193001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> The Arizona Republic. Sinema added that she will vote to begin debate on the reconciliation package.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.6303317535545\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: \u201cSen. Kyrsten Sinema doesn\u2019t support Democrats\u2019 $3.5 trillion bill, clinches bipartisan infrastructure deal.\u201d (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yvonnewingett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yvonnewingett<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wmCTZL6847\">https:\/\/t.co\/wmCTZL6847<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Nowicki (@dannowicki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dannowicki\/status\/1420444138734977024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The announcement is a major setback for the furthest-left members of the Democratic Party, who have frequently criticized Sinema for her efforts to forge a bipartisan bill on infrastructure and support for the filibuster. Sinema met Tuesday with President Joe Biden to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure deal, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/27\/kyrsten-sinema-infrastructure-meeting-joe-biden-reconciliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">describing<\/a> their discussion as \u201cproductive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinema has worked alongside Republican Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah and Rob Portman of Ohio on the infrastructure agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">We didn\u2019t elect Sinema as President and we won\u2019t let her obstruction put a Republican in the Oval Office in 2024. It\u2019s the reconciliation bill or GOP controlling every level of government again, period,\u201d Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib responded.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.7739938080495\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Time for the White House to play hardball. We didn\u2019t elect Sinema as President and we won\u2019t let her obstruction put a Republican in the Oval Office in 2024. It\u2019s the reconciliation bill or GOP controlling every level of government again, period. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fA04JEQe7F\">https:\/\/t.co\/fA04JEQe7F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1420462019086589957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden announced in June that he will only support the bipartisan agreement \u201cin tandem\u201d with a reconciliation package. That approach has been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/ilhan-omar-nancy-pelosi-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-american-jobs-plan-chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed<\/a> by prominent left-wing Democrats, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Tlaib\u2019s fellow \u2018Squad\u2019 member Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/ocasio-cortez-biden-patty-cake-republicans-climate-voting-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Ocasio-Cortez Accuses Biden Of \u2018Playing Patty-Cake\u2019 With Republicans While They Are \u2018Setting The Planet On Fire\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the Senate tied 50-50 and Democrats holding only an eight seat advantage in the House of Representatives, party leadership can not afford to lose any votes in the Senate or more than three in the House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Wednesday that she will not support the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package that her party\u2019s leadership hopes to pass via reconciliation.\u201cI do not support a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}