{"id":933605,"date":"2021-10-28T16:59:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=933605"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:59:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T20:59:06","slug":"pramila-jayapal-throws-cold-water-on-biden-agenda-rebrand-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pramila-jayapal-throws-cold-water-on-biden-agenda-rebrand-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pramila Jayapal Throws Cold Water on Biden Agenda Rebrand Hopes"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fpramila-jayapal-throws-cold-water-on-biden-agenda-rebrand-hopes%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=933605&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 class=\"subheading\">Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) on Thursday threw cold water on President Biden\u2019s rebrand of his Build Back Better agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are too many \u2018no\u2019 votes for the BIF [bipartisan infrastructure bill] to pass\u201d today, she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahmucha\/status\/1453767266995253249?s=20\">told<\/a> reporters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NolanDMcCaskill\/status\/1453734596953083905?s=20\">speaking<\/a>&nbsp;earlier in the day,&nbsp;Jayapal, the leader of the 95 member Progressive Caucus, relayed Biden\u2019s fresh reconciliation topline number of $1.85 trillion may not be supported by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ).&nbsp;Jayapal has indicated she will not support the measure until both senators are on board with the package.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18198266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18198266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kyrsten-sinema.jpeg\" alt=\"Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., center, joined from left by, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks to reporters just after a vote to start work on a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jayapal, however, said that Biden on Thursday expressed belief he could whip up all the votes necessary to pass the largest welfare bill since Lyndon Johnson\u2019s Great Society legislation in the 1960s. \u201cHe\u2019s confident he can get the votes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18502642\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/joe-biden-arrives.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18502642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/joe-biden-arrives.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 28: (L-R) U.S. President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi leave a meeting with House Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill October 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden will meet with House Democrats on Thursday morning to try and secure a vote on the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill and discuss his multi-trillion social policy spending bill. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi leave a meeting with House Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill October 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jayapal also noted she and her caucus have not seen the final version of the legislation. The White House only released a framework Thursday. \u201cThe first step is we\u2019ve gotta see the legislation,\u201d she demanded before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahmucha\/status\/1453767266995253249?s=20\">suggesting<\/a> Pelosi does not have the votes to pass the measure at all.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Jayapal\u2019s words are significant due to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) expectation the newly released reconciliation framework will unlock the $2.1 trillion \u201cbipartisan\u201d infrastructure bill stuck in the House. Pelosi is whipping up votes to pass the infrastructure bill Thursday afternoon or evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0921985815603\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Rashida Tlaib coming out of the Progressive Caucus meeting: \u201cHell no on BIF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1453759835632189440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is unknown if Biden\u2019s framework has fully satisfied the far-left demands to win the vote. Both Jayapal and&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elwasson\/status\/1453091587278491653?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">are<\/a>&nbsp;two members who said they will not vote for the infrastructure bill without the reconciliation package being fully supported by Manchin and Sinema.<\/p>\n<p>Sinema released a statement Thursday indicating she may cave and allow Biden\u2019s agenda to become law:<\/p>\n<p>After months of productive, good-faith negotiations with President Biden and the White House, we have made significant progress on the proposed budget reconciliation package. I look forward to getting this done, expanding economic opportunities and helping everyday families get ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the primary author of Biden agenda,&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heatherscope\/status\/1453678447079927812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a>&nbsp;reporters Wednesday it would be \u201cinconceivable\u201d he would vote for the framework the way it was currently written.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden\u2019s framework includes the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$555 billion for climate change provisions<\/li>\n<li>$400 billion for subsidized child care and pre-k<\/li>\n<li>$200 billion for a child tax credit<\/li>\n<li>$100 billion for amnesty, though the Senate parliamentarian has opposed such a feature<\/li>\n<li>15 percent corporate minimum tax on corporations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The framework does not include many of the far-left\u2019s demands:<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"11.161094224924\">\n<ul>\n<li>SALT deduction<\/li>\n<li>Medicare benefits, such as dental,&nbsp;hearing and vision<\/li>\n<li>Subsidies for proscription drugs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Biden reportedly told Democrat lawmakers Thursday that if his agenda was enacted, it \u201cwould be greater and more significant that FDR and LBJ combined,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lbarronlopez\/status\/1453735583877009417?s=20\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) on Thursday threw cold water on President Biden\u2019s rebrand of his Build Back Better agenda. \u201cThere are too many \u2018no\u2019 votes for the BIF [bipartisan infrastructure &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"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-933605","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\/933605","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933605\/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=933605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}