{"id":848534,"date":"2021-10-05T10:43:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=848534"},"modified":"2021-10-05T10:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:43:34","slug":"white-house-disses-squad-doesnt-invite-them-to-zoom-meeting-on-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-disses-squad-doesnt-invite-them-to-zoom-meeting-on-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Disses Squad, Doesn\u2019t Invite Them To Zoom Meeting On Agenda"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwhite-house-disses-squad-doesnt-invite-them-to-zoom-meeting-on-agenda%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=848534&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><\/div>\n<p>A Monday conference call between President Joe Biden and left-wing House Democrats in support of the Build Back Better Act did not include four of the most prominent representatives in the faction.<\/p>\n<p>Squad members New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Michigan Rep. Raashida Tlaib were not asked to participated in the Zoom call, which included Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) chairwoman Pramila Jayapal, Democratic caucus Senior Whip and CPC Deputy Whip Debbie <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/01\/debbie-dingell-pelosi-didnt-know-joe-manchin-limit-chuck-schumer\/\">Dingell<\/a>, and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark.<\/p>\n<p>Omar, the CPC Whip, and California Rep. Katie Porter, the CPC Deputy Chair, were the only members of CPC leadership to not receive an invitation to participate in the Zoom call.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.7235023041475\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicongress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@politicongress<\/a> have the list of invitees and an initial readout of progressives\u2019 meeting with Biden today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sR6ivq39ul\">https:\/\/t.co\/sR6ivq39ul<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wPzFzqv9Ow\">pic.twitter.com\/wPzFzqv9Ow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anthony Adragna (@AnthonyAdragna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonyAdragna\/status\/1445142765701062662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic New York Rep. Mondaire Jones, who is sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/aoc-squad-are-getting-some-company-here-s-who-joining-n1250958\">grouped<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2020\/11\/the-squad-cori-bush-jamaal-bowman-mondaire-jones-aoc\/\">Squad<\/a>, did participate in the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Biden reportedly attempted to sell the left-wing members on a reduced top line number for the social spending package, which Democrats will attempt to pass through the budget reconciliation process. Biden said that he believes Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the two Democrats most vocal with their concerns about the bill, would accept a total cost between $1.9-2.2 trillion, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnieGrayerCNN\/status\/1445154132189384706\">multiple<\/a> outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LACaldwellDC\/status\/1445321733565734916\">reported<\/a>. Manchin has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/30\/joe-manchin-1-5-trillion-top-line-spending-number-reconciliation-joe-biden-wants-more\/\">said<\/a> that he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/12\/manchin-senate-spending-agenda-511482\">not<\/a> accept more than $1.5 trillion in new spending. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/29\/joe-manchin-reconciliation-hyde-amendment-pramila-jayapal\/\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018The Definition Of Fiscal Insanity\u2019: Manchin Slams Reconciliation Price Tag, Demands Hyde Amendment Reinstatement)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One participant reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2021\/10\/05\/biden-getting-frustrated-with-manchin-and-sinema-494578\">described<\/a> the meeting to Politico as \u201cblunt,\u201d with Biden \u201cgetting more and more frustrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Squad members have repeatedly clashed with Manchin and Sinema during negotiations. Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/28\/omar-manchin-sinema-republicans-in-our-own-party\/\">accused<\/a> the two moderates of being Republicans due to their criticisms of the package, and Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/12\/joe-manchin-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fossil-fuel-lobbyists\/\">claimed<\/a> that Manchin is \u201ckilling people\u201d through \u201cweekly huddles\u201d with lobbyists. In response, Manchin accused left-wing Democrats of \u201cfiscal insanity\u201d of the type that has \u201cweakened\u2026 great nations throughout history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other left-wingers have joined in the war of words. Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan, who also participated in the Monday meeting with Biden, has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/01\/democratic-party-pelosi-sinema-biden-manchin-leaks-name-calling-infrastructure-spending-bill\/\">joked<\/a> that Manchin \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">demand[ed] only green M&amp;Ms<\/span>\u201d in addition to his total spending number, and asked that Sinema \u201cshow us something other than a designer purse\u201d during negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Biden will continue to meet with other groups of Democrats to negotiate the Build Back Better package. He will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/minutes\/congress\/10-5-2021\/how-to-land-the-plane\/\">participate<\/a> in a conference call on Tuesday with House Democrats representing key swing districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Monday conference call between President Joe Biden and left-wing House Democrats in support of the Build Back Better Act did not include four of the most prominent representatives in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-848534","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\/848534","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=848534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848534\/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=848534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}