Facing an existential threat in the upcoming midterms, moderates in the caucus want to show a few victories to the voters in their swing districts, the Washington Post reports.
House Democrats running for reelection in competitive districts, facing increasingly long odds of surviving a potential Republican wave, have confronted party leaders in recent days with demands for a new midterm strategy.
"I don't care," Rep. Susan Wild shot back, telling Hoyer that House Democrats should spend the year sending bills to the Senate with the hope that bipartisan deals could be reached on issues important to a broad range of voters.
Schumer had threatened to keep senators in town through the weekend to meet the date, but the schedule got shuffled in the wake of Sen. Brian Schatz testing positive last week in a breakthrough COVID-19 case, which left Democrats short of the votes needed to start debate on the legislation.
Instead, the Senate will reconvene on Tuesday, with Schumer expected to move to tee up a vote on ending debate on legislation that merges the Freedom to Vote Act, which overhauls federal election and campaign finance laws, with the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which strengthens the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
To overcome the hurdle, with a vote expected on Wednesday, according to Senate Democrats, they will need the support of 10 Republicans - something they aren't expected to get.
In a 50/50 Senate where Schumer's control hinges on a Senate Democrat whose home state is R+40-ish, perhaps sweeping progressive transformation is a wee bit beyond the grasp.
Monday, January 17, 2022
WaPo: House Dem moderates rebel, want BBB and voting bills dropped
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