A Ray of Hope?

We are facing the potential disaster of getting both the $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill that passed the Senate and the $3.5 trillion socialist wish-list bill pending in the House rammed down our throats. We can recover from the $1.1 trillion bill. But the $3.5 trillion bill is a disastrous expansion of big government, higher debt and higher taxes. 

Up until this morning, 100 members of the Progressive Caucus in the House were in the driver’s seat. They have made it clear they won’t vote for the $1.1 trillion unless they get the $3.5 trillion, too. Pelosi agrees with them. 

But this morning, a much smaller but still potent group of nine “moderate” House Democrats sent Pelosi a letter warning her that they are unwilling to allow the $3.5 trillion proposal to move forward unless the $1.1 trillion passes the House and is signed into law by Biden first. With her narrow majority of six votes in the House, this threat has some teeth.

Of course, we know what is going to happen next. Pelosi will try to “buy off” some of those nine moderates. Biden will do his part to “take care of them.” Some of them may get appointed as ambassadors to some cushy country. But this latest “glitch” in the left’s plan to transform America buys us time. 

The National Chamber of Commerce, which supported the $1.1 trillion infrastructure legislation, has come out strongly against the $3.5 trillion socialist legislation. We are working with multiple conservative groups to prevent its passage.