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Bryan Blanc's avatar

I might be misunderstanding something, but it looks like you might have missed a sentence clarifying one of the six factions?

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ptb's avatar

There is no great mystery with Senators Manchin and Sinema - they are Democrats in name only,

elected in red states only because they promised to oppose much of the Democratic program. They could of course be offered something of value for themselves and their states, but likewise, Pelosi could be offered something of value too, say from the likes of the US Chamber of Commerce (officially opposed to the 3.5 tril package). Having Manchin and Sinema to blame gives Pelosi an out. This is, sadly, the likely outcome. The realistic worst-case is that the shutdown is used as a hostage to force progressives to cave on allowing a vote for the standalone infrastructure bill, after which, as everyone can correctly guess, the rest of the package goes nowhere. The upside is a 1-2 tril compromise, IMO.

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