Alexandria and her progressive colleagues in the House have a plan.
On Friday, Alexandria vowed that she and her colleagues including Reps. Jayapal, Pressley, Tlaib, and Lee would withhold their votes on the bipartisan infrastructure bill unless a budget bill that includes climate measures, child care, and immigration reform passes at the same time.
This is a bold move, but it is what’s required to pass a budget bill that actually meets the level of crisis we’re in. It’s exactly what Alexandria was elected to do and another example why we need her in Congress.
To catch you up: President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure deal cut out major Democratic priorities, including measures on climate, eldercare, affordable housing, and much more.
But Democrats have an opportunity to use a rule known as ‘reconciliation’ to pass policies cut out of the infrastructure bill with a simple majority. We cannot waste it. That’s why Alexandria is demanding that our priorities make it in the reconciliation bill – or else no infrastructure bill.
Alexandria has been very clear: People across this country elected Democratic majorities in both branches of government and a Democrat to the White House. Republicans are not in charge of dictating what policies we pass and what policies we don’t.
It’s up to Congress to deliver on the priorities that voters elected them to fight for – not the lowest common denominator. That’s what Alexandria is laser-focused on.
Pa’lante,
Team AOC
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