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  • 7/6/2021
JOE BIDEN AND THE MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATIC PARTY MADE OVERTURES TO THE PARTY'S PROGRESSIVE WING IN 2020.
NOW THOSE SAME PROGRESSIVES DON'T THINK THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ARE HOLDING UP IT'S SIDE OF THE BARGAIN.

MONDAIRE JONES, CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK HAS CRTICISED BIDEN'S LEADERSHIP OVER THE 'FOR THE PEOPLE' ACT.
THE ACT WAS BLOCKED BY REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE.

SOT MONDAIRE JONES

the challenge Is time is running out. We have seen voter suppression on steroids in this country, not just in Georgia, but more recently in florida, it's being attempted in Ohio and in texas.

PRESSURE HAS BEEN PUT ON BIDEN TO END THE FILLIBUSTER FROM WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY. THE FOR THE PEOPLE ACT NOT THE ONLY BONE OF CONTENTION. BIDEN ALSO CRITICISED BY LEFT WING ACTIVISTS FOR THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WHO ARE ANGRY CLIMATE HAS NOT BEEN PRIORITISED IN THE BILL.

REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS SAY- FORGET THE GOP, BIDEN WOULD HAVE HAD A HARD TIME PERSUADING HIS OWN PARTY TO SIGN UP TO THE BILL IN IT'S FIRST FORM.

sot ALEX VOGEL

there are a number of people who are not representing states like new york and California. it's a challenge for anyone who's not fully aligned with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party

PROGRESSIVES ARE WAITING FOR THEIR LEGISLATIVE PAYOUT FOR BACKING BIDEN IN 2020, BUT WITH THESE MARGINS, EXPERTS SAY, THEY MIGHT BE WAITING A LONG TIME- BIDEN WILL WANT TO KEEP THE MODERATES ONBOARD FIRST AND FOREMOST.

sot ALEX VOGEL

how much the biden team can convince some of these members to take what could be career ending votes on tax increases is going to be telling for his agenda going forward

BUT IN POLITICS, YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY......... OR ANYBODY

sot PAUL RYAN

They expected a center left unifier.The problem is he is focused on unifying not the nation, but the Democratic Party surrendering to its progressive base.

A BIDEN BALANCING ACT, THE RESULTS OF WHICH WE WILL SEE PLAY OUT IN 2022.