She says she voted against the measure because the reconciliation bill won’t become law.
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Biden’s Build Back Better Plan Is First and Foremost a Jobs Plan
All that public investment rebuilds infrastructure, greens the economy, and supports caregiving—but mainly it creates at least four million good jobs.
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Infrastructure Summer: A Surprisingly Radical Housing Bill
Practically all the solutions to diminishing the high cost of housing, from nudges to public options, are present in the housing piece of the reconciliation bill.
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How Kathleen Rice Is Threatening the Biden Agenda
Rice and two other House Democrats oppose aggressive drug price reform, which provides the budget savings available to fuel spending in the Build Back Better Act.
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Whip Count: The Democrats Who Support the Progressive Reconciliation Strategy
A running tally of the lawmakers who have—and have not—committed to withhold their votes on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in favor of robust budget reconciliation
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Infrastructure Summer: The Sophie’s Choice of the Reconciliation Bill
Democrats may have to decide whether to do a few things well or a bunch of things not so well.
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Infrastructure Summer: The Curse of Artificial Scarcity
As reconciliation elements get marked up, we see the consequences of tying spending and revenue together.
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Infrastructure Summer: The Fight Against the Next Pandemic Starts Now
Tech billionaires are pushing for funding to prep for future pandemics. Why not the left?
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Infrastructure Summer: Joe Manchin’s Symphony of Disingenuousness
He mumbles about inflation to try and stop a bill that’s primarily concerned with reducing inflation.
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Infrastructure Summer: Heidi Heitkamp’s Lobbying Journey
Before she got hired to run a dark-money outfit, she advocated for tax hikes on dynastic wealth. Now, she’s against them.
