Kyrsten Sinema blasts Dems but won’t state her objections to the social safety net bill
, refuses to support the bipartisan infrastructure package that would fund roads, bridges and broadband without also passing a $3.5 reconciliation bill that includes priorities from Biden’s Build Back Better agenda — something Sinema called an “ineffective stunt” in her statement. Priorities in the $3.5 trillion bill address child care, universal kindergarten and community college, as well as Medicare expansion and paid family and medical leave.
A small number of House moderates, however, are insisting on passing the bipartisan bill first, and soon. Sens. Sinema and Joe Manchin each sided with the moderates. Manchin has justified his decision by saying the $3.5 trillion price tag was too high. Sinema’s objections have been less clear, even to her colleagues. As negotiations were ongoing, Sinema left D.C.
Wednesday. “Until Senator Sinema stops being cute, and starts doing her job and leading for the people of Arizona, we’re simply not going to be able to move the president’s agenda forward,” Porter said. “I was not elected to read the mind of Kyrsten Sinema. Thank goodness, because I have no idea what she’s thinking,” she added.but did not give a specific timeline. “It doesn’t matter whether it’s six minutes, six days or six weeks — we’re going to get it done,” Biden told reporters as he left a meeting with Democrats.
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