{"id":962556,"date":"2021-11-03T13:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=962556"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:28:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:28:58","slug":"pelosi-says-people-have-spoken-in-virginia-but-dems-wont-budge-on-biden-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-people-have-spoken-in-virginia-but-dems-wont-budge-on-biden-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi Says \u2018People Have Spoken\u2019 In Virginia, But Dems Won\u2019t Budge On Biden Agenda"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fpelosi-says-people-have-spoken-in-virginia-but-dems-wont-budge-on-biden-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=962556&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>Despite a night of devastating losses for her party, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will not be deterred from passing the Build Back Better social spending package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people have spoken,\u201d Pelosi said of Democratic former Gov. Terry McAuliffe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/glenn-youngkin-terry-mcauliffe-virginia-governor-election-2021\/\">loss<\/a> to Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin. \u201cWith that said, Terry McAuliffe is a great leader. He was a great governor of the state,\u201d she continued, denying that McAuliffe\u2019s loss would \u201cchange the agenda for the House.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.497872340426\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThe people have spoken,\u201d Pelosi says of the Virginia results.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Dems\u2019 loss will change their agenda in Congress, she replies: \u201cNo, no.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OvPs4ZRm5B\">pic.twitter.com\/OvPs4ZRm5B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1455897755281412103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/chuck-schumer-announces-deal-lower-drug-prices-spending-package-historic-transformative-plan\/\">billed<\/a> the Build Back Better Act, a $1.75 trillion social spending <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/28\/joe-biden-early-victory-lap-build-back-better-agenda-democrats-may-be-divided\/\">package<\/a>, as \u201chistoric\u201d and \u201ctransformational.\u201d However, left-wingers and moderates have not agreed on key provisions addressing paid leave, renewable energy and the tax code. As a result, left-wing representatives have refused to vote for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which passed the Senate in June in a bipartisan 69-30 vote.<\/p>\n<p>The day before the election, Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner blamed the intra-party deadlock for McAuliffe\u2019s flagging poll numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who wished we would have voted on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in September\u2026 that would have really helped Terry McAuliffe a lot, if we were able to notch that win,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EoinHiggins_\/status\/1455258271112220673\">said<\/a> on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin\u2019s win was not the only blow to the Democrats, however. The race between Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican businessman Jack Ciatarelli <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/03\/new-jersey-governors-race-close-results-phil-murphy-jack-ciattarelli\/\">remains<\/a> too close to call, although Murphy has slowly gained ground as late-reporting counties tally their votes. Elsewhere, Minneapolis voters <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/minneapolis-abolish-defund-police-ilhan-omar-george-floyd\/\">rejected<\/a> a referendum question that would have abolished their city\u2019s police department, and Buffalo socialist India Walton <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/03\/byron-brown-india-walton-buffalo-chuck-schumer-alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\">lost<\/a> to incumbent Mayor Byron Brown, who conducted a write-in campaign after losing to Walton in a primary. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/ilhan-omar-votes-abolish-minneapolis-police-department\/\">(RELATED: Ilhan Omar Votes To Abolish Minneapolis Police Department And Replace It With Department Of Public Safety)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Citing the far left\u2019s Buffalo and Minneapolis defeats, Democratic Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips urged his party to moderate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Once again, the electoral evidence indicates that America is not as progressive as socialist members believe it is,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottwongDC\/status\/1455720500492218380?s=20\">told<\/a> The Hill. \u201cAnd yes, I believe passing the BIF [Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework] would have made a difference, but not enough to change the results based on what I\u2019m seeing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In response, an aide to one left-wing member is blaming moderates, asserting that placing blame on the Congressional Progressive Caucus is \u201cabsurd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to fault D.C., fault the tiny group of conservative Dems who intentionally blocked childcare, prescription drug reform, universal pre-k, and paid leave all fall.\u201dIf you want to fault D.C., fault the tiny group of conservative Dems who intentionally blocked childcare, prescription drug reform, universal pre-k, and paid leave all fall,\u201d the aide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/huddle\/2021\/11\/03\/democrats-discontent-494962\">told<\/a> Politico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a night of devastating losses for her party, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will not be deterred from passing the Build Back Better social spending package.\u201cThe people have &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"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-962556","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\/962556","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\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962556\/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=962556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}