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Pramila Jayapal: “All of a sudden, the tables get turned on us and we are now finding that people are saying oh, no, just passed the…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2021
All of a sudden, the tables get turned on us and we are now finding that people are saying oh, no, just passed the infrastructure bill. And you know what, we`ll get to childcare later. We`ll get to paid leave later. Well, Rachel, we are committed to delivering the entirety of the President`s agenda to the President`s desk, half of our caucus. Over half of our caucus has said that they will not just vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. We have to vote on the reconciliation bill first.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Pramila Jayapal emphasizes the commitment of the Progressive Caucus to pass the reconciliation bill before the infrastructure bill.

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