Activists are ready to push party moderates in line. But on the Hill, liberal senators are staying quieter than House counterparts.
Natalia Salgado of the Working Families Party speaks at a rally on July 20, 2021 in Washington, D.C. | Shannon Finney/Getty Images for Green New Deal NetworkThis fall marks progressives' biggest chance in years to advance their top political priorities. And their off-the-Hill allies are gearing up for an intraparty showdown.lingering House-Senate disputes and have the text of their massive social spending plan ready by Sept. 15 before passing that entire bill on party lines by Sept. 27.
“This is a moment when we see a crucial role for grassroots pressure that makes clear that activists understand these two vehicles are linked,” said Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of Indivisible. “We need to push Democrats on what they're doing to ensure that the broader transformational agenda gets enacted, not just this relatively limited infrastructure package."
As progressives push to ensure that provisions on child care, climate change, the tax code and immigration make it into the final product, they're nudging moderates to elaborate on their policy concerns with the social spending package. Sinema has said she supports “many of the goals” it aims to tackle, even as her spokesperson underscored that she will not support legislation that costs $3.5 trillion.to hit pause on the bill.
In addition to Indivisible, liberal groups like the Working Families Party are planning to target the 10 House Democratic moderates who insisted that they would not support the social spending plan until House leadership committed to the September 27 vote.
The outside-group push for the social spending package comes as Biden sees the lowest approval rating of his presidency and faces criticism from his own party over his handling of the Afghanistan exit.
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