infrastructure bill must pass before october 31. which means the party must also reach consensus on the larger social policy bill, the centerpiece of president biden's agenda. because friday president biden made clear now that he believes those two packages are linked saying that to all house democrats during a rare trip to capitol hill to try to calm tensions in the party. and while his negotiating skills may have worked in the short term there's signs that his decision to side with progressives by delaying the infrastructure vote may have actually caused real damage with the moderate wing. saturday, senator kyrsten sinema released a scathing statement calling the move to delay infrastructure, quote, inexcusable and accused democratic leaders of eroding trust within the party.