Sen. Kyrsten Sinema skewered Democratic leadership for delaying a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package. “Democratic leaders have made conflicting promises that could not all be kept,” she said on Saturday.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves a private meeting with Joe Manchin, White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice, Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese and other White House officials on Capitol Hill on Thursday. | Andrew Harnik/AP PhotoSen. Kyrsten Sinema skewered Democratic leadership on Saturday for delaying a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package, calling the decision “inexcusable” and “deeply disappointing.
The statement comes after Speaker Nancy Pelosi postponed a vote on legislation that Sinema played a key role negotiating, amid opposition from progressives who vowed not to pass the bill without the party’s $3.5 trillion social spending plan. The White House and Democratic leaders tried this week to reach an agreement on a framework with Sinema and fellow moderate Sen. Joe Manchin on the social spending plan that could also satisfy progressives ahead of the vote on the physical infrastructure package. But no agreement was reached, despite several meetings with President Joe Biden and White House staff.
Sinema and Manchin have both made clear that they do not support Democrats’ $3.5 trillion top line for the social spending package, prompting Biden to tell House Democrats during a visit to the Hill Friday that the price tag would likely range from $1.9 trillion and $2.3 trillion. Biden also told the caucus that the infrastructure package wouldn’t go through without the social spending bill.
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