.MaddowBlog: In every way that matters, the House Progressive Caucus is not the Democrats' version of the GOP's House Freedom Caucus.
Democratic leaders hoped to reach an agreement on President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan last week, which would in turn clear the way for passage of a bipartisan infrastructure bill, but the agreement didn't come together. Without that compromise in place, the Senate-backed legislation didn't have the progressive votes it needed to pass the House.
In the meantime, there's criticism in some media circles of how House progressives have handled the process. The New York TimesThe liberals' tactics were reminiscent of those employed by the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, whose members routinely threatened to withhold their bloc of votes unless Republican leaders met their demands.
The House Progressive Caucus is, in every way, fundamentally different, as recent development should make clear. Some of its most prominent leaders — from Jayapal in the House to Vermont's Bernie Sanders in the Senate — have earned reputations for negotiating in good faith and accepting concessions in pursuit of meaningful compromises.
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