Biden tries to walk back comments on infrastructure bill to stem GOP defections

CNN

(CNN)President Joe Biden on Saturday tried to walk back remarks from earlier this week when he said he wouldn't sign a bipartisan bill on infrastructure unless it came paired with a reconciliation proposal for "human infrastructure," the latest in a series of cleanup efforts from the White House seeking to stem defections from the newly-announced bipartisan agreement.

His efforts to clean up those comments amounted to one of the most significant course corrections of Biden's highly disciplined presidency, which had until now mostly defied his reputation as a gaffe machine.

Looks like Biden "gaffe machine" presidential administration has made what the media is dubbing its first real mistake in almost destroying its signature bipartisan infrastructure bill.

A real Infrastructure bill, one area where political pundits from across the spectrum agreed would probably be the only real place for a bipartisan deal, almost never happened as Biden demanded that the bipartisan bill be coupled with the liberal wish list legislation they are calling "human infrastructure".

Biden had to walk back his ultimatum when it became clear the country would blame him for putting politics above the needs of the country.

"The bottom line is this: I gave my word to support the Infrastructure Plan, and that's what I intend to do," Biden said Saturday. "I intend to pursue the passage of that plan, which Democrats and Republicans agreed to on Thursday, with vigor."

So far Biden's efforts seems to be paying off as prominent Republicans are coming back to the deal.

GOP senators accept Biden walk-back on infrastructure

Still there is some question if Biden is being sincere or just biden his time to pull a double cross.

While Biden's advisers believed his [original ultimatum] was accurate -- they want both deals passed in tandem -- they acknowledged the tactic of demanding as much publicly was too forward and needed to be softened, as CNN has previously reported.

However one prominent Senator believes the new tune the Biden administration is singing.

Sen. Mitt Romney, a key Republican negotiator in infrastructure talks, said Sunday that he's "totally confident" President Joe Biden will sign a bipartisan bill a day after the President attempted to clean up comments that threatened the deal.

"I am totally confident the President will sign it if it comes to his desk," the Utah Republican told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."

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At this point, just sit back with chicken wings and pop corn. This show is hilarious, nowt much more you can do but laugh maniacally at the pure f****d up reality we're in now. People will take this as a joke and rightly so! But don't take this lightly people. We are living in some kind of crazy reality offshoot it's absolutely insane. Honest Q.

Are there any people here who actually support President Biden? Serious question. And if so, do you at least understand that, I'm just gonna say it, he's currently mentally challenged? You must at least concede that, you must! It's entirely obvious (to me).

Please Biden supporters, help me understand you.

Is our President an idiot with an earpiece or is he coherent? Loaded question. I shall rephrase.

Is President Biden competent or not? It's yes no, in fact, I'll ask the board. Yes no people.

Competent or not? Reply Yes/No

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Is President Biden competent or not?

The answer is clearly no

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To trust any of the Democratic leadership is to trust satan .
No one should ever fall for their tripe

So here we are. The Congress finally does what people say they want - they work together to find an actual compromise in the traditional sense - something where both sides get a bit of what they want and everyone is pissed about it, but they did work together and it's not the full measure of disaster.

However, because it's not the Democrat sense of compromise as in they get all they want, Biden decides he'll veto it if it doesn't come with the rest of everything?

So which party is the difficult one now, and why on earth would any Republican continue to work with any Democrat?

a reply to: ketsuko

To answer you question.
I don't know but maybe it is the job for them to do
If you can't work with your peers then GTFO.

a reply to: Allaroundyou

They did, and it wasn't good enough because they didn't give the Democrats everything they wanted. So why bother?

Their job is to represent their constituents. If their constituents wanted Democrats, they would have elected them.

originally posted by: ketsuko
So here we are. The Congress finally does what people say they want - they work together to find an actual compromise in the traditional sense - something where both sides get a bit of what they want and everyone is pissed about it, but they did work together and it's not the full measure of disaster.

However, because it's not the Democrat sense of compromise as in they get all they want, Biden decides he'll veto it if it doesn't come with the rest of everything?

So which party is the difficult one now, and why on earth would any Republican continue to work with any Democrat?

It would be something if congress passed anything that was good for the American people as a whole.
Hasn't happened in a looong time imo.

People seem to forget that our Constitutional Republic system of Govt. was set up the way it is, is to specifically make if difficult to enact new laws/regulations/policies. All those checks and balances.

But thanks to rampant corrupt scumbaggery and the BS 2 party system we're currently stuck with. We've had super-majorities and other convenient situations that have rammed through laws that have slowly stripped freedom from Americans.

In the long run though, we're all better off when congress accomplishes nothing. It just means they haven't found a new way to screw us over.

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Ya we'll look who they represent.
I wouldn't call them the smartest bunch out there.

a reply to: dandandat2

Romney is a snake. Democrats will for sure try to get the rest of the wishlist by any means necessary.

originally posted by: Allaroundyou
a reply to: ketsuko

To answer you question.
I don't know but maybe it is the job for them to do
If you can't work with your peers then GTFO.

Sounds like Democrats. Republicans came to the table, put in the work, and came to an agreement. Democrats then agreed, only to then demand everything else they wanted as well.

a reply to: TheMadTitan

Clearly he is one or two months away from drooling in his oatmeal anyone who doesn't see that is wearing blackout blinders.

Can someone explain what "human infrastructure" is??

It sounds like some new euphamism that Americans are waiting for their woke media programmers to inculcate them with, sort of like "deep equity".

It sort of sounds eerie and foreboding to me.

"Human" - we all know what that means.
"Infrastructure" - the basic systems and services, such as transportation and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively

In the tech world, infrastructure refers to equipment. I've also heard it used in the context of raw materials, resources, you know, "stuff you build with".

I know that organized crime figures used to produce "human infrastructure" by taking dissenters or people that crossed them and planting them in the concrete foundations of new construction. Is that what this refers to?

Also, my understanding is that psycopaths like Jeffrey Dahmer would sometimes do odd things with human corpses, like fashion lamp shades from their remains. Am I getting warmer here?

"Human infrastructure".

Huh. Here I thought this infrastructure package was meant to help US roads, bridges, you know that sort of thing. Couldn't just be a money giveaway to certain segments of the population...right?

Or does "human infrastructure" imply something more sinister??

originally posted by: SleeperHasAwakened
Can someone explain what "human infrastructure" is??

It sounds like some new euphamism that Americans are waiting for their woke media programmers to inculcate them with, sort of like "deep equity".

It sort of sounds eerie and foreboding to me.

"Human" - we all know what that means.
"Infrastructure" - the basic systems and services, such as transportation and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively

In the tech world, infrastructure refers to equipment. I've also heard it used in the context of raw materials, resources, you know, "stuff you build with".

I know that organized crime figures used to produce "human infrastructure" by taking dissenters or people that crossed them and planting them in the concrete foundations of new construction. Is that what this refers to?

Also, my understanding is that psycopaths like Jeffrey Dahmer would sometimes do odd things with human corpses, like fashion lamp shades from their remains. Am I getting warmer here?

"Human infrastructure".

Huh. Here I thought this infrastructure package was meant to help US roads, bridges, you know that sort of thing. Couldn't just be a money giveaway to certain segments of the population...right?

Or does "human infrastructure" imply something more sinister??

"human infrastructure" in this case was the Democrats way to couple an issue that was popular across the political spectrum (neither liberals nor conservatives like to drive on bridges that are falling apart) with their social policies which are much less popular.

Its really not any more sinister than that. Democrats are hoping low information voters will not be smart enough to understand that the two policies have nothing to do with each other and demand the social programs so that their bridges don't fall down.

originally posted by: Allaroundyou
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Ya we'll look who they represent.
I wouldn't call them the smartest bunch out there.

Because they think differently than you? How arrogant.

a reply to: SleeperHasAwakened

More welfare programs.