In the aftermath of the House passing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill after months of delay, disappointed progressive Democrats known as the “Squad” are scrambling. The hope is that Congress will move in a meaningful fashion on the other half of President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda.
“I’m really concerned,” New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of six Democrats who voted against the bill over objections about the process, said in an Instagram Live video the day after the bill passed. “Part of me does think that the Build Back Better Act in some form or another will be passed. Will it be recognizable from where it was on Monday? I’m not sure. It was already cut down to four weeks of paid leave — it was already cut down to, you know, a lot.”
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