I agree that putting the bills together is very toxic and could mean neither of them can pass. Unless you separate them into the 1 trillion dollar bill and whatever amount the other one turns out to be you likely are going to have no bills pass and Biden done for.
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https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-infrastructure-bill-vote-10-01-21/h_510cb6549e93838e12b1bdb4ae5e652e
“I think Americans want a hard infrastructure bill. But it continues to be tied together with this Bernie Sanders $3.5 trillion bill. And that is not popular in our district. So it has been a challenge trying to navigate through this. But most of us want a standalone separate vote on infrastructure,” Bacon said.
Bacon estimates at least 10 fellow Republicans support the infrastructure bill, but “there would be a lot more” if it was a standalone bill. He called the reconciliation package “toxic.”
"I have committed to vote for it as long as it is two separate votes," he said.
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