The democratic controlled U.S. House passed President Biden's "Build Back Better" (BBB) legislation a few weeks ago with a vote of 220 - 213. The legislation is a good bill for America, the country and the American people. The losers were over 200 republicans in the U.S. House who voted against the bill and even objected to a debate and debating issues is the corner stone of democracy in the congress. The other losers were the GOP in general, the so called conservative media and the media noise machines who enable the republican propaganda of lies, mis-information and dis-information on the subject matter.
Those same noisy groups are now trying their propaganda on the Senate "BBB" bill since Senator Joe Manchin announced he would not vote for the bill. They are now proclaiming democratic failure, democratic mis-management, the death of the bill and etc., etc., and etc. But Joe Manchin is the lone opponent out of the 50 democratic senators. The losers here too, are the 50 republican senators who have vowed to vote against this good bill and refused to debate its merits like the republicans in the U.S. House.
But President Biden will not allow his "BBB" legislation to die in the senate and the democratic controlled congress will prevail when it is all said and done. After Manchin's announcement, the CEO of Goldman said he revised and lowered his economic predictions for the first quarter of 2022, which indicates he thinks Biden's "BBB" legislation is good for the economy. No matter how you cut it, the big losers are the 250 republicans in congress who oppose its passage and the group of noise machines mentioned above who are the enablers of the GOP.
Good legislation that works for the country, its people, the economy and moves the country forward scares the losers to death. They prefer the division they try to create with an anti-American attitude. The losers have already struck out twice this year with Biden's COVID and Infrastructure legislation and its three strikes and you're out.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
