Tag: reconciliation

Pelosi Hopes for Bipartisan Backing on Infrastructure Plan but ‘Ready’ to Resort to Reconciliation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she hopes some Republicans will back President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan but, if not, Democrats stand ready to resort to the reconciliation process in what would amount to another partisan push-through on a major piece of legislation. Pelosi began her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill by…


The Irony in Biden’s Call for Unity

Commentary The words “irony” and “ironic,” not to mention “ironically,” are often to be heard in the mouths of the media, but I don’t think many of those who use them really know what they mean. At its most basic, irony is the process by which the meanings of words change, often to the opposite…