Following up on the last post, this article reported:
"Progressive Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told CNN that she would still support the Covid relief package if the parliamentarian is the one to take it out, but not if politicians negotiate it out. [...] If Democrats strip it out, or if they change, fundamentally alter the provision and it's essentially removed for political reasons, that is where, I think, not just myself but a substantial amount of progressives are kind of in a difficult spot."
Omar and Khanna had similar statements. Jayapal, Chair of the Progressive Caucus, "drew a line in the sand by saying progressives would not be willing to allow the Covid relief package to pass without the minimum wage hike." That's going to be hard without the above 3 progressives signing on.
It's going to be interesting now for AOC. The Parliamentarian took it out but Bernie did an Amendment to put it back in and a number of Dems helped to defeat it. So will that qualify under AOC's condition of "if Democrats strip it out"? Or will she argue that the Parliamentarian did it first so f___ it?
It's going to be interesting now for AOC. The Parliamentarian took it out but Bernie did an Amendment to put it back in and a number of Dems helped to defeat it. So will that qualify under AOC's condition of "if Democrats strip it out"? Or will she argue that the Parliamentarian did it first so f___ it?
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