The final week of September has been overwhelmingly dominated by internal Democratic Party division threatening to derail a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and President Joe Biden’s wider “Build Black Better” agenda, including Democrats’ go-it-alone sweeping budget reconciliation bill of up to $3.5 trillion.

In particular, centrist Democrat Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have proved to be roadblocks. Earlier in the week, senior Pentagon and military officials faced the music on Afghanistan.