Progressives throw shade at Manchin, Sinema for blocking massive spending in State of the Union response

The Working Families Party (WFP) responded to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, criticizing moderate Democrats who opposed the trillion-dollar payback package.

Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., who was chosen to lead the WFP’s progressive response to Biden, praised House Democrats for passing a $1.75 trillion bailout package in November 2021, but blocked the bill. but criticized the “corporate democrats”. The Senate. Last year Sens. Joe Manchin, DW.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz. The legislation ultimately stalled last year after receiving significant pushback from the

“When the Democrats controlled the House, we passed President Biden’s comprehensive construction improvement plan,” Ramirez remarked. “This includes funding to make child care and elder care and community college more affordable. House Democrats voted to expand the child tax credit, putting $300/$ in the pockets of working parents. Add months.”

“Every Republican was opposed. And just enough corporate Democrats joined them to block the bill,” he added.

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While Biden aggressively pushed the Build Back Better plan as a top priority early in his presidency, Mnuchin and Sinema have criticized the law over concerns about its massive price tag and potential impact on already-high inflation. Refused to support Sazi.

In December 2021, after a round of intense negotiations on the bill, Manchin said he had done “everything humanly possible” to reach a compromise, but had been unable to negotiate with the White House. Two months later, he declared the bill “dead.”

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And Sinema, who recently left the Democratic Party to remain an independent, failed to signal support for the bill. After Mnuchin commented that the legislation was “dead,” Cinema privately agreed, Axios reported in April.

However, the Senate ultimately voted in favor of the Deflation Act, which slashed nearly $800 billion in climate and tax cuts authored by Manchin and signed into law by Biden in August. .

President Biden spent months trying to convince Sens. Joe Mnuchin and Kirsten Sinema to sign onto his bill-back-beater legislation. (AP/Getty Images)

In addition to his comments last year criticizing efforts to oppose the bloodback bill, Ramirez repeatedly criticized Republicans for their economic agenda in his speech Tuesday evening.

“What I want to say to President Biden and all my fellow Democrats in Congress is that we have two jobs,” Ramirez said. “We must stand up to the extremism of MAGA Republicans. We must show working people what Democrats will deliver for working families if they put us in control.”

“If Republicans in the majority were as interested in working-class families as they claim to be, they would stand with us,” he continued. “But if they don’t, Americans will see who’s on their side, and Republicans will pay the price at the ballot box.”

The Illinois Democrat also advocated for immigration reform, increased access to abortion and ending immunity for police officers in light of the death of Tyree Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee.