Infrastructure
The Senate majority leader warned "we’re not going to get anything" if the Democratic Party remains divided on passage of its $3.5 trillion budget plan.
“Flash floods are now coming. It’s not waves off the ocean or the sound,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said soon after last week’s storm swept through.
This week’s infrastructure fiasco was only a preview of the coming fight.
The House speaker has offered moderate Democrats a September vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Progressives criticized their colleagues, warning they are jamming President Joe Biden’s plans.
“Tell Rep. Gottheimer: Stop obstructing President Biden -- and start working for the American people,” one ad says.
Democrats are fighting among themselves over the order in which they pass bills they say they all support.
A huge intraparty showdown between moderates and progressives is threatening to sink President Joe Biden's legislative agenda in Congress.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said she won't take up the historic infrastructure bill until even more massive legislation clears the Senate.
The West Virginia Democrat is key to his party's control of the Senate, but looking like he's bucking the party is key to his political identity.