Top Progressive Says It’s Time For Democrats To Deliver Build Back Better

One of the apical progressives successful the House, Rep. Ro Khanna, delivered a beardown awesome that Build Back Better volition walk adjacent week.

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Rep. Ro Khanna connected Build Back Better, "I'm a yes. Progressives volition beryllium a yes. We're moving to get each of this in, but here's what radical are saying. It's been months. Let's get this done." pic.twitter.com/ErNUHKpqFt

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Transcript via Face The Nation:

MARGARET BRENNAN: You conscionable heard, Secretary Raimondo said that this legislation, the Build Back Better program, is going to walk this week. That’s truly successful the hands of progressives similar you. Are you a yes ballot connected some this and the infrastructure bill?

REP. KHANNA: I am. The president has shown diligent and bonzer leadership. It’s clip for this enactment to get unneurotic and deliver. Let maine conscionable say, I mean, politicians propulsion retired historic, transformation- If I could conscionable accidental 2 facts of what this volition do. Every American kid is going to get to spell to preschool. Nobel laureate James Hangmen says that is 1 of the biggest things we tin bash to make adjacent accidental successful America. Second, this is the largest concern ever successful solar, successful wind, successful electrical vehicles. It’s immense connected climate.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re going to get into the details successful a moment, but this vote, you bash expect to hap by Tuesday, arsenic immoderate person projected? Because connected different web this morning, Sen. Bernie Sanders was saying helium wanted to effort to adhd successful immoderate things to the measure still. Pharmaceutical and medicine cause pricing is what helium talked about. I mean, that’s pricey. How galore changes should we expect?

REP. KHANNA: Well, we are moving to adhd things in. I mean, the dialog is taking place. I’m going to beryllium a yes. I deliberation we tin person the ballot by Tuesday. Sen. Sanders is doing a large occupation to really person Medicare negotiation. I mean, that would prevention wealth and assistance radical with medicine costs. But the question is– 

MARGARET BRENNAN: That’s 350 cardinal implicit 10 years, according to Senator Sanders. Is that thing that you deliberation you tin inactive support the Senate connected committee with?

REP. KHANNA: Well, determination are 2 antithetic issues. One is the existent simplification of costs. The medicine cause negotiation. That really saves wealth and saves wealth brings the outgo down. The different is the Medicare expansion, truthful radical get dental, vision, hearing- by the way, a hugely fashionable polling place. So my constituent is this: I’m a yes. Progressives volition beryllium a yes. We’re moving to get each of this in, but here’s what radical are saying. It’s been months. Let’s get this done.

The Media Is Losing Interest In Build Back Better Because It Is Going To Pass

The crushed wherefore the firm property lone wants to speech astir what isn’t successful Build Back Better (BBB) is that the bills are going to pass. A legislative occurrence that benefits the American radical bores the firm media. Rep, Khanna brought up a large point. BBB is going to beryllium the biggest concern successful renewable vigor successful US history.

Progressives person not been the occupation successful passing this legislation. The contented has ever been a fistful of moderates including Sens. Manchin and Sinema. Now that they are connected board, Build Back Better looks similar a done deal.