House Democrats planned to pull into town for their retreat toting a shiny spending victory. Instead they limped up the I-95 corridor near midnight after getting stalled in a familiar intraparty jam.
Pocan was one of more than a dozen Democrats whose fury over the funding mechanism for a central piece of the spending deal’s pandemic aid forced its removal from the bill outright. His participation in that pushback was particularly notable given his seat on the Appropriations Committee, which crafted the entire funding legislation.
“We step on ourselves,” Rep. David Cicilline quipped after the spending bill vote was steered back on track. “It’s frustrating because what we’re doing is so important and is going to make such a difference. Very often, events unfold that distract from really, the important work we’re doing.” It’s a contrast with last year’s gathering, when House Democrats huddled with loftier policy aspirations for Biden’s agenda, just a week after clearing a roughly $2 trillion Covid relief bill.
Asked whether he was frustrated that Wednesday’s internal objections had pulled attention from the funding agreement, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said, “of course I am … But that’s the way the legislative process works, you’ve got people who have significant interests and legitimate concerns, and we’ve tried to address those, and we think we have.”
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