Democrats are once again on track to miss a self-imposed deadline to reach a deal on President Biden's sweeping social safety net plan by the end of the week
Talks now are almost squarely focused on whether the White House can win over key moderate Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, leaving little room for liberals to exert influence on the process.Progressives flexed their muscles and forced party leaders to delay a House vote last month on a bipartisan infrastructure bill as they insisted the social spending bill not be left behind.
"Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, a Democrat who is running for the Senate, said he understands"the process" of getting to a deal but also expressed disappointment at the concessions made. He was critical of the likely move to drop a hike of the corporate rate."Of course we're disappointed," Ryan said."We want all of it. I thought it should have been $3.5 trillion.
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