{"id":675128,"date":"2021-08-23T10:03:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T14:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=675128"},"modified":"2021-08-23T10:03:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T14:03:21","slug":"take-the-win-moderate-dems-double-down-vow-to-block-budget-unless-infrastructure-bill-gets-a-vote-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/take-the-win-moderate-dems-double-down-vow-to-block-budget-unless-infrastructure-bill-gets-a-vote-first\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2019Take The Win\u2019: Moderate Dems Double Down, Vow To Block Budget Unless Infrastructure Bill Gets A Vote First"},"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\">36<\/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%2Ftake-the-win-moderate-dems-double-down-vow-to-block-budget-unless-infrastructure-bill-gets-a-vote-first%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=675128&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>The group of nine moderate House Democrats on Sunday insisted on passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill before the $3.5 trillion budget, vowing to block the budget if it was brought to the floor first.<\/p>\n<p>The group, led by New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer, wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/08\/22\/reconciliation-can-wait-lets-do-infrastructure-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">op-ed in The Washington Post<\/a>, calling on the House to \u201ctake the win\u201d and send the infrastructure package to President Joe Biden\u2019s desk immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenge we face right now is that there is a standoff with some of our colleagues who have decided to hold the infrastructure bill hostage for months, or kill it altogether, if they don\u2019t get what they want in the next bill \u2014 a largely undefined $3.5 trillion&nbsp;reconciliation package,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we have concerns about the level of spending and potential revenue raisers, we are open to immediate<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>consideration of that package,\u201d they added. \u201cBut we are firmly opposed to holding the president\u2019s infrastructure legislation hostage to reconciliation, risking its passage and the bipartisan support behind it.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/16\/nancy-pelosi-floats-infrastructure-budget-simultaneously-moderates-progressives-feud-chuck-schumer-congress-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Pelosi Floats Passing Infrastructure And Budget Simultaneously As Moderates And Progressives Feud)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7257824\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7257824\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7257824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234605451-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Majority Leader Chuck Schumer exits the Senate chamber after the Senate passed the infrastructure bill with 69 votes. (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234605451-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234605451-177x120.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234605451-620x420-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234605451-768x521-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234605451-1536x1042-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234605451-2048x1389-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7257824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Majority Leader Chuck Schumer exits the Senate chamber after the Senate passed the infrastructure bill with 69 votes. (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The op-ed was not the first time the group has argued against linking the two bills. They first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/house-moderates-block-budget-infrastructure-law-nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vowed to block the budget<\/a> if their conditions were not met in a letter on Aug. 13, and have stood firm since, despite public pressure from progressives and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/10\/senate-passes-infrastructure-package-dozen-republicans-join-dems-kyrsten-sinema-rob-portman-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed<\/a> the infrastructure bill on Aug. 10, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/11\/senate-adopts-democrats-budget-3-5-trillion-congress-bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed<\/a> the budget just before 4 a.m. the next day.<\/p>\n<p>The House is returning early from its August recess, and is scheduled to vote to advance the budget as soon as Monday evening. The standoff could jeopardize its moving forward, given Democrats\u2019 bare three-vote majority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t hold up a major priority of the country, and millions of jobs, as some form of leverage. The infrastructure bill is not a political football,\u201d the group wrote. \u201cLet\u2019s take the win for American workers, and the nation, and pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The group of nine moderate House Democrats on Sunday insisted on passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill before the $3.5 trillion budget, vowing to block the budget if it was brought &#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-675128","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\/675128","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=675128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675128\/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=675128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}