The New Jersey Democrat says his record of crossing the aisle is going to make his Problem Solvers Caucus crucial to get deals done on the Hill.
Maryland’s centrist Republican governor, Larry Hogan, had summoned the group of lawmakers, 23 in all — 13 Republicans and 10 Democrats; seven senators and 16 House members — to his home for a half-day summit to get serious about a much-mocked infrastructure bill. Hogan was particularly invested as a co-leader of No Labels. His task, alongside former Sen. Joe Lieberman , was to promote political consensus, despite criticism on the left about No Labels’ ties to corporate interests.
Within weeks, that outline helped spark a deal that Biden would announce at the White House, flanked by many of those very same Senate centrists who’d been in Annapolis, including Cassidy. By early August, the Senate, stunningly, passed the deal. “The very elements of what we included were the same exact ones that Biden signed into law,” said Upton, who credits the Annapolis summit for reviving the cross-aisle talks.
Gottheimer and Jayapal speak with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 3, 2021. After months of fighting, Jayapal stood side-by-side with Gottheimer as the two promised to deliver the infrastructure bill along with Biden’s broader agenda. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Before signing the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law on Nov. 15, 2021, President Biden called Gottheimer the best go-between he'd had in getting the legislation through. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
“People can get upset, it’s because he’s just not out of sync — he’s grounded. He’s grounded in reality. He’s realistic about what can be done in a democracy that takes compromise. That’s Josh Gottheimer,” Manchin said. The West Virginian hasn’t just been impressed by the “can-do” energy, it’s also Gottheimer’s impeccable vote-counting. “I have learned to truly trust and work with him when he tells me it’s factual. He checks it out for us. ‘I think I can do this. I don’t think I can.
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