House Democrats fume at David Hogg's plan to oust lawmakers

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32. You've never heard of the Problem Solvers caucus?

The PS spearheaded the “deal” to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill before the BBB, saying “trust us, pass this first, then we’ll move on to the BBB”.

Of course, what happened is, after passing the infrastructure bill which benefitted both red and blue districts with funding for numerous construction projects, there was minimal bipartisan interest or motivation in passing the original BBB bill as proposed by the Biden administration. BBB was stalled in congress, with the help of Sinema and Manchin, who succeeded in watering the bill down significantly, removing much of legislation regarding fossil fuels and pharmaceutical benefits, as well as the child tax credit extension and other progressive programs.

If the infrastructure bill hadn’t been passed first, there would have been more leverage to pass the original BBB together with the infrastructure bill.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2024/12/05/the-problem-solvers-vs-their-own-problems-00192918

Josh Gottheimer is the ringleader of the PS for the Dem side.