Every Democrat Has Leverage Now

Associated Press: “With virtually no votes to spare and saber rattling by both Democratic factions, leaders are finding their search for middle ground arduous — even though the president’s push for infrastructure projects and family-centered initiatives is his top domestic priority.”

“In a procession of meetings with White House officials and congressional budget writers, progressives have insisted that the emerging measures be big and aggressive, while moderates want them to be far more modest.”

Said House Budget Committee chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY): “We’re all Joe Manchin right now.”