“If he’s gonna tie them together, he can forget it! I’m not doing that. That’s extortion! I’m not going to do that. The Dems are being told you can’t get your bipartisan work product passed unless you sign on to what the left wants, and I’m not playing that game.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Politico, on President Biden’s refusal to sign a bipartisan infrastructure deal unless a massive budget reconciliation deal also reaches his desk.
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