On Friday, far-left Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) suggested that the two Democrat Senators who are not in favor of the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending bill, Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), should not be able to overrule the 48 Democrat Senators who are – despite there also being 50 Republican Senators who are against the bill.
“2 senators cannot be allowed to defeat what 48 senators and 210 House members want. We must stand with the working families of our country. We must combat climate change. We must delay passing the Infrastructure Bill until we pass a strong Reconciliation Bill,” Sanders wrote on Twitter.
2 senators cannot be allowed to defeat what 48 senators and 210 House members want. We must stand with the working families of our country. We must combat climate change. We must delay passing the Infrastructure Bill until we pass a strong Reconciliation Bill.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 1, 2021
Many were quick to point out that the massive spending bill is opposed by 52 Senators, which is more than 48.
“House Democrats have taken President Biden’s first-term domestic policy priorities and dropped them into one big 2,465-page bill that aims to expand the nation’s social safety net and combat climate change. Because the $3.5 trillion bill is opposed by Republicans, Democrats are trying to enact it through a budgetary process called reconciliation, solely with Democratic support. But this would require a ‘yes’ vote from every Senate Democrat, and two of them, Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, say they won’t support it unless the price comes down,” CBS News noted on Thursday.
“Manchin issued a statement Wednesday night reiterating his desire for a strategic ‘pause’ on the legislation, insisting the country shouldn’t be spending trillions of dollars now,” CBS News added.
