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Pramila Jayapal: “Yes, Joy, it`s so great to see you. And, yes, we were not for splitting up the bill in the first place. In fact, we told…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2021
Yes, Joy, it`s so great to see you. And, yes, we were not for splitting up the bill in the first place. In fact, we told everyone we knew that that was a bad idea. Because what we didn`t want to do is split roads and bridges against child care, against paid leave, against free community college.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal expresses her disapproval of the decision to split the infrastructure and reconciliation bills, emphasizing the importance of combining their benefits.

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