Not really a big deal.
Will keep inflation rolling which sucks but it’s the bipar infrastructure bill. Roads, bridges, highways, internet, cybersecurity.
This is the bill Sinema led negotiations on and already passed the SENATE. Puddin will be signing it into law ASAP to get a W.
The reconciliation bill did not pass. They passed a memo (essentially) that stated that every Dim in the House would vote for the reconciliation bill after the mark up in a couple weeks.
It would still need to pass the senate and the chances of the senate passing this version of the bill is very very slim.
If they can get Manchin and Sinema on board over the coming months it will likely be for something still much more narrow.
Passing the bipar bill hurts the chances of reconciliation passing because now Manchin will argue they’ve spent even more money and it was for things America actually needed as opposed to pie in the sky proposals.
Them passing the bipar is like the Dim governor’s association backing out of Florida. It’s a tell they’re on their last leg.