(02-02-2021 09:36 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(02-02-2021 09:18 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(02-02-2021 09:01 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  our way or the highway

Unity and co-operation seem to be words that have no meaning.

Does anyone read the articles OO posts? Or do they just lap up the hyperlink text he adds?

Quote:Biden and the 10 Republicans agreed to have their aides continue to negotiate a bipartisan relief plan. The legislation is the president’s top priority, and conceding to a GOP proposal that is one-third the size would be taken by his supporters on the left as a defeat.

While Biden “is hopeful” that what he calls the American Rescue Plan “can pass with bipartisan support, a reconciliation package is a path to achieve that end,” Psaki said. Using reconciliation, Democrats could potentially pass the bill in the Senate with only their 50 votes plus that of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Nonetheless, Senator Susan Collins of Maine called the two-hour White House meeting “useful” and that Biden had explained “in more depth” parts of his $1.9 trillion plan and the 10 Republicans outlined their counter-proposal.

“I wouldn’t say that we came together on a package tonight. No one expected that,” she told reporters afterward. Yet the two sides agreed to have aides continue talks, she added.

In short, negotiations are ongoing and Biden clearly wants a bipartisan bill. But Dems have the power and if Reps are unwilling to negotiate, the Dems don't have to play ball.

Less our way and the highway, and more, work with us or the highway. In a negotiation, you typically see movement on both sides. If these Reps adjust their bill towards the Dems' bill, I wouldn't be surprised to see movement on the Dems' bill towards the Reps' bill.

My way or the highway wouldn't even include Republican leaders in the conversation.

Didn't ten Republican Senators just offer an alternative plan. Wasn't it rejected in toto by the Dems, saying that if they didn't submit and vote for the Dem plan as offered, the Dems would do it without them? somehow you read this as the Dems wanting bipartisanship? Sounds like they think bipartisanship means Republicans capitulating and voting for their proposal without reservation, else they will go it alone. Not exactly what I call bipartisan. maybe in Russia.

Pretty much what I expected from them.

No, that is not what happened. Each side brought their bill to the table and now they are negotiating. Dems are saying if they don't meet somewhere in the middle, then they will pass the Dem bill as is. Not, submit and vote for the Dem bill or we'll pass the Dem bill.

In what world do you live in where negotiations = one side agreeing completely to the other side's terms without compromise?

OO, maybe stop mainlining news headlines each morning.