From Washington Times.com (Nov. 5, 2021):
A cadre of moderate House Republicans saved President Biden’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal from defeat on Friday after far-left Democrats rebelled against the legislation.
13 House Republicans, including never-Trump acolytes like Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, joined with 215 Democrats to narrowly pass the bill. Given the narrow margin that Democrats control the House, Mr. Biden could only afford three defections.
Joining Mr. Kinzinger in backing the bill were GOP Reps. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio and Fred Upton of Michigan, who are known for their criticism of former President Donald Trump. Mr. Gonzalez, who voted to impeach Mr. Trump earlier this year, is not seeking reelection.
Among the GOP defectors were also several centrist-leaning lawmakers representing marginal districts: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Don Bacon of Nebraska, John Katko of New York and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey. This included several blue-state Republicans like Reps. Chris Smith of New Jersey and Nicole Malliatokis, Tom Reed and Andrew Garbarino of New York.
The two biggest outliers among defectors were Reps. David McKinley of West Virginia and Don Young of Alaska. Both lawmakers represent districts that are heavily Republican.
“Tonight, instead of playing politics, I put America and West Virginia first,” said Mr. McKinley. “America’s infrastructure has been in dire need of modernization and this bipartisan infrastructure bill is what … West Virginia needs to restore our aging infrastructure.”
A group of six Democrats opposed the legislation. They were all members of the far-left “Squad,” namely Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and additions to the group: Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York.
They argued that for months there was an agreement to pass both the bipartisan infrastructure package and Mr. Biden’s larger social welfare and climate change bill, known as the Build Back Better Act. [read more]
Not surprising that the mods would do this. They are intimidated by the Left. I thought the Obama regime had already fixed the America’s infrastructure. Hmmm.
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