Gov. Greg Abbott has a comfortable lead over potential Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke, according to a new poll from the University of Texas at Austin and The Texas Tribune. The survey of registered voters found Abbott with a 9-percentage-point advantage over O’Rourke, 46% to 37%. Seven percent of respondents picked someone else in the hypothetical matchup, and 10% said they have not thought about it enough to have an opinion.
Is Texas really turning purple? Well it certainly looks like Abbot is looking good for reelection. Of course we are talking about Beto O'Rourke. We have been through this O'Rourke nonsense before. He is just not a very good candidate.
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WASHINGTON — The House passed a $1 trillion bill on Friday night to rebuild the country’s aging public works system, fund new climate resilience initiatives and expand access to high-speed internet service, giving final approval to a central plank of President Biden’s economic agenda after a daylong drama that pitted moderate Democrats against progressives.
But an even larger social safety net and climate change bill was back on hold, with a half-dozen moderate-to-conservative Democrats withholding their votes until a nonpartisan analysis could tally its price tag.
For Mr. Biden, passage of the infrastructure bill fulfilled a marquee legislative goal that he had promised to deliver since the early days of his presidency: the largest single investment of federal resources into infrastructure projects in more than a decade, including a substantial effort to fortify the nation’s response to the warming of the planet. The drubbing Democrats took in off-year elections on Tuesday gave new urgency to the president’s demand for legislative action.
On Friday, Mr. Biden put his credibility on the line, pleading with liberals to end their monthslong blockade and send him the public works measure immediately without passage of their priority, the social safety net measure. He backed passage of a rule for debating the social policy bill, called the Build Back Better Act, as a tangible sign that it, too, would soon pass.
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“He urged us to trust him,” said Representative Jared Huffman, Democrat of California, “but not blindly.”
At 9 p.m., Mr. Biden made that plea public: “I am urging all members to vote for both the rule for consideration of the Build Back Better Act and final passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill tonight,” he wrote. “I am confident that during the week of Nov. 15, the House will pass the Build Back Better Act.”
He was expected to quickly sign the infrastructure bill into law.
It will provide $550 billion in new funds over 10 years to shore up roads, bridges and highways, improve internet access and modernize the nation’s power grid. The measure also includes the United States’ largest investment to prepare for climate change: $50 billion to help communities grapple with the devastating fires, floods, storms and droughts that scientists say have been worsened by global warming.
In a late-night vote that followed a day of near-death experiences for Mr. Biden’s agenda, the House passed the infrastructure measure on a 228-to-206 vote, with 13 Republicans bucking their party leadership and joining all but six Democrats in support. Its triumph was something of a vindication of Mr. Biden’s efforts to seek bipartisanship on a key issue that both parties have long viewed as a priority.
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But ultimately, passage came not just because of Republican backing
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has stated that they will vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the rule on the reconciliation legislation. Here’s their statement:
“Tonight, members of the Progressive Caucus and our colleagues in the Democratic Caucus reached an agreement to advance both pieces of President Biden’s legislative agenda. Our colleagues have committed to voting for the transformative Build Back Better Act, as currently written, no later than the week of November 15. All of our colleagues have also committed to voting tonight on the rule to move the Build Back Better Act forward to codify this promise. The President has affirmed these members gave him the same commitment.
“As part of this agreement, at the request of the President, and to ensure we pass both bills through the House, progressives will advance the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the House rule on Build Back Better tonight.”
They will get both passed up your ass Scott
House Passes the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
November 5, 2021 at 10:56 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 261 Comments
The House of Representatives passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, 228 to 206.
The bill, which passed the Senate in August, will now go to President Biden for his signature.
It is a major legislative accomplishment for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Biden administration.
In the end, it was a bipartisan coalition of Democrats with the aid of 13 Republicans that helped propel the infrastructure proposal to passage. When the gavel sounded after 11 p.m., cheers erupted from a mass of members who had crowded around House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). They shared high fives and fist bumps with each other to cap off a tumultuous night.
It's too early to say whether it will change the world, but if they change the topic from CRT to jobs jobs jobs, even Texas may turn purple
Sleepy Joe Biden spent hours on the phone with both sides Scott.
His decades of experience with the Congress paid off
WASHINGTON ― House Democrats finally approved a bipartisan bill late Friday to fix roads and bridges, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk months after the legislation passed the Senate and just days after his party’s disastrous performance in Tuesday’s state and local elections.
But instead of passing the Build Back Better Act at the same time ― a key demand of progressive lawmakers ― the House instead moved to set up a later vote on the broader social spending bill.
Splitting up the two bills was a great deal for the country forward without Trump who promised the same thing.
House Passes the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
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The House of Representatives passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, 228 to 206.
The bill, which passed the Senate in August, will now go to President Biden for his signature.
It is a major legislative accomplishment for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Biden administration.
YIPPEE
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The fact remains that this infrastucture bill had major support country wide and I am sure that the party of no will be the aim of many campaign ads showing how little those Reps care about their voters!!!! Great job!!!
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