A week of high stakes negotiations in Congress came to an anticlimactic end as frustrated members headed home without finding a legislative solution. “It’s not a success,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Friday night.
President Joe Biden deflated the air of urgency around a bipartisan infrastructure vote and tamped down liberal dreams of a $3.5 trillion spending bill in a speech before House Democrats Friday. Hours later, Democratic leaders conceded defeat — at least for now.
The anticlimactic end to a week of high stakes negotiations left moderates furious, blaming their fellow Democrats for derailing what they saw as a simple — and critical — party win. Biden’s visit to the Capitol caps a dizzying three months in which Pelosi cut seemingly competing deals with the two disparate factions of her caucus amid escalating threats. Those promises collided this week, with little certainty of whether Biden, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer can regain enough momentum to achieve either plank of the president’s domestic agenda.
"It was a shocking failure to meet the moment," added one Democratic moderate, who emerged disappointed that Biden hadn’t delivered a call to action for the caucus. “I feel like we have an affirmation about the direction we’re moving in,” added Rep. Veronica Escobar .
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