Kyrsten Sinema Signs Off On Passing Build Back Better’s Corpse

Well, I got another one right.

Democrats are going to use budget reconciliation to pass a severely stripped down version of Build Back Better to save face before the midterms.

Axios:

“Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said Thursday that she plans to “move forward” with a revised version of Democrats’ reconciliation bill after reaching a deal to scale back some of the original tax provisions and beef up climate funding.

Why it matters: Sinema was potentially the last hurdle for Democrats who have been seeking to clinch President Biden’s longtime goal of passing an ambitious package tackling climate change, health care and taxes — renamed the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” …

Between the lines: With Sinema now on board, and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) a key negotiator of the legislation, Democrats feel confident they can finally pass their ambitious, Democrats-only reconciliation package. …”

The response will be “meh.”

It is nothing that lots of people will get really angry or excited about like the infrastructure bill that passed Congress. The “Inflation Reduction Act” won’t do much about inflation either. They’ve done other things like making Juneteenth a federal holiday or passing the toothless gun control bill or more recently the CHIPs Act which only wonks will remember in the midterms.

Note: Roe v. Wade, however, has captured the imagination of a swath of voters.