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progressives by delaying the infrastructure vote may have caused real damage with the moderate wing. saturday, senator kyrsten sinema one of the senate holdouts on the social policy bill released a scathing statement calling the move to delay infrastructure, quote, inexcusable and accused democratic leaders of eroding trust within the party. now the question will be whether there is enough trust left for president biden to make significant cuts to his cornerstone legislation to win support from moderate holdouts without losing votes from the powerful progressive bloc. joining me is the chair of the house progressive caucus pramila jayapal. congresswoman, thank you so much for joining me. it was a really extraordinary week. i have covered washington for a long time and this is the first time i have seen progressives have the numbers and the power and the will to use that power to hold the line on the issues that you re pushing. what do you think this week says about the progressive wing
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.
one of the reasons for that delay is moderate democratic senator kyrsten sinema. a delay that is, quote, eroding trust. when someone eats fish on an airplane. joining me now is my sunday soundoff panel, tara setmayer,
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 sinema one of two senate holdouts on the social policy bill releasing a statement calling the move to delay infrastructure quote inexcusable and accused democratic leaders of eroding trust within the party. now the question will be whether there is enough trust left for president biden to make significant cuts to his cornerstone legislation to win support of moderate holdouts