Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is getting praise for keeping the infrastructure deal on track, but some in her party say she gave up too much
When a group of 22 senators negotiates a $1 trillion bill, conversations can go off track. And when they did —"far too many to recount," joked one senior staffer — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema would urge them to finish the job, even if that required some liquid courage.
"I would say, 'it is unacceptable for us to give up here,'" she told CNN."Have a glass of wine."And so, after months of negotiating, the group toasted this week to striking the largest infrastructure deal since the Interstate Highway System, making investments in public transit, passenger rail, clean drinking water, bridges, and electric vehicles that the White House said were either the largest ever or in several decades.
Senator's move has many on the internet outraged 01:50And she's come out swinging against passing a $3.5 trillion bill that would fund climate initiatives, universal prekindergarten and community college, establish paid family and medical leave, expand the child tax credit, and add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare, among many other proposals. She is open to passing the budget but not a bill that costs that much.
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