
<p>President Joe Biden last week finally reached a deal on infrastructure with a group of 11 bipartisan lawmakers. </p>



<p>The proposal allocates $1.2 trillion for traditional infrastructure including roads and bridges. However, it does not include the “human infrastructure” elements backed by progressives. </p>



<p>“The infrastructure train leaves the station and child care gets left on the platform, green energy gets left on the platform, [and] the billionaires don’t have to pay,” argues Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).</p>



<p>To increase social spending, Democrats are moving forward with a separate proposal they hope to pass using the budget reconciliation process. Because the Senate is split 50-50, moderate Democrats like Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) will play a pivotal role. </p>



<p>“We have two tracks and that&#8217;s exactly what I believe is going to happen,” said Manchin, a lead negotiator in the infrastructure deal reached with Biden.“We’ve worked on the one track, we’re going to work on the second track, there’s an awful lot of need.” ;</p>



<p>To attract support for the bipartisan proposal from progressives like Warren, Manchin favors a smaller reconciliation package focused on child care and workforce development. He also said that reversing Trump-era tax cuts could pay it.</p>



<p>“I want to make sure we pay for it, I do not want to add more debt,” Manchin told reporters, adding, &#8220;I didn’t vote for the 2017 tax cuts under President Trump…I thought they were weighed in too much towards the high end, if you will, I think we need to make some adjustments.” ;</p>



<p>Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told Manchin he would not support the bipartisan deal without &#8220;a reconciliation bill that substantially improves the lives of working families and combats the existential threat of climate change.&#8221;</p>



<p>Biden made a similar comment. He warned lawmakers he would not sign the infrastructure deal if they sent it to his desk without his <em>Families Plan</em> and &#8220;other priorities, including clean energy.&#8221; </p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-republicans-immediately-objected"><strong>Republicans immediately objected. </strong></h4>



<p>“If he’s gonna tie them together, he can forget it!” said Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). “That’s extortion! I&#8217;m not going to do that. The Dems are being told you can&#8217;t get your bipartisan work product passed unless you sign on to what the Left wants, and I&#8221;m not playing that game.” ;</p>



<p>Further complicating matters is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). She promised not to advance the <mark class="annotation-text annotation-text-yoast" id="annotation-text-66fce76c-d26f-4a9d-9e97-56494d247ce0"></mark>bipartisan infrastructure deal until Senate Democrats pass a reconciliation package. “There ain’t going to be an infrastructure bill unless we have a reconciliation bill passed by the Senate,” said Pelosi. Keep in mind Pelosi singlehandedly controls which bills reach the House floor.</p>



<p><strong>Author&#8217;s Note: </strong>Manchin is the only one willing to buck the Democrats and he is likely to get his way. This means there is a good chance the Dems will repeal Trump&#8217;s tax cuts. This will result is a slowdown of the economy while Democrats pursue expanded welfare programs, pushing us closer to socialism. This is massively bad, but still better than the $6 trillion proposal backed by Sanders. </p>



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<p><a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/27/joe-manchin-pitches-15t-in-social-spending-trump-t/">Manchin pitches repeal of Trump tax cuts, $1.5T in social spending to secure Biden&#8217;s infrastructure deal ;</a></p>



<p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-manchin-infrastructure-plan-congress-republicans-democrats-2021-6">Joe Manchin indicated he would cut a Democratic-only infrastructure plan to $2 trillion so it doesn’t grow the national debt ;</a></p>



<p><a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/06/manchin-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal-should-not-be-conditional/">Manchin: Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal ‘Should Not Be Conditional’ ;</a></p>

Democrats to Reverse Trump Tax Cuts for Biden’s Infrastructure Deal
