Punchbowl News: “They’re just not ready. Here’s a simple yet inexorable problem Democrats have yet to overcome — there’s no bill yet! We haven’t seen the full legislative text of the Build Back Better Act from Senate Democrats in the three weeks since the House approved its version of the bill. Next week, Senate Democrats and Republicans will take elements of the package to the parliamentarian to battle over immigration and other contentious priorities.”
“Once they’re done with that, Schumer still needs to get agreement within his caucus. For example, if the immigration provisions approved by the House are rejected by the parliamentarian, do they try to rework the language to get it back into the package? How long will that take? How many votes will they lose without immigration in the bill? And remember — once the Senate passes its bill, the House has another crack at it. And that will take some time.”
The Hill: Democrats don’t think Manchin wants Biden agenda vote by Christmas.
