Republicans in the House have largely sided with Trump in criticizing members of the caucus who voted for the bill, with calls to oust them from leadership posts. The pro-business and traditionally Republican-leaning Chamber of Commerce has also backed the bill. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell had supported the bill in August and has since defended it. The bill, which passed the Senate three months earlier, had six Democrats voting no - meaning Republicans would’ve killed the measure if the caucus had voted no in unison and if Speaker Nancy Pelosi hadn’t in turn squeezed the progressives to produce a winning margin with Democrats only.
The congresswoman and a dozen other Republicans pushed the infrastructure bill to approval Friday in a 228-206 vote after some Democratic Party infighting that threatened to sink the plan. She was said to have appeared visibly shaken as Trump railed against her and other Republican House members during the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner.
Malliotakis, for her part, had been in the audience Monday when Trump shredded the Republicans who helped deliver the noteworthy bipartisan legislative victory to Democratic President Joe Biden. It’s all hard infrastructure and all things that we desperately need.” “New York City benefits more than any other part of the country. “I think did her district a disservice,” Nicole Malliotakis, a first-term Republican who represents Staten Island and a section of Brooklyn in the House, told the New York Post.
To vote no is to play more political football with the lives of the American people at large,” said another. “Disappointed in my Congressman, whose track record to date I’ve been very proud of. America needed this bill. I don’t see any other alternatives,” said one Twitter user, addressing Bowman. “Either they’re chaos agents and seriously politically inept. The progressive New Yorkers took heat on social media for their votes. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Cori Bush of Missouri. Jamaal Bowman, whose district stretches northward from the Bronx into suburban Westchester County, and Ocasio-Cortez were among six Democrats who said no to the bill. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”ĭon’t miss: Here’s what’s in the bipartisan infrastructure bill - and how it’s paid forĪlso see: Biden unveils plan for congested ports, waterways after infrastructure bill passes For decades New York has given more money than they’ve gotten back. Michael Goodman, a retired college professor living in Midtown Manhattan, groused, “I don’t know why she voted against it. See: Biden says climate change is ‘everyone’s crisis’ as he tours hurricane damaged New York neighborhoodsĪlso: ‘We’ll see lower prices’: Biden says passage of his agenda will tame inflation
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At least 18 New Yorkers died in September as a result of flash floods caused by Hurricane Ida.Ĭash to upgrade the city’s sewers and drainage systems to prevent similar catastrophes is included in the infrastructure bill. Much of New York City - including Ocasio-Cortez’s district in Queens and the Bronx - found itself underwater during severe weather events this year. Pulse: White House schedules signing of infrastructure bill after Biden signals plan to include Republicans
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