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> Between the three big pieces of legislation passed in President Biden’s first two years — the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, an

> Between the three big pieces of legislation passed in President Biden’s first two years — *the Bipartisan* Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the CHIPS and Science Act — *the Democrats* are trying to fundamentally reshape American industrial policy. Interesting editorializing.

gruez 3y ago
>the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the CHIPS and Science Act — the Democrats are trying to fundamentally reshape American industrial policy. I guess it's technically "bipartisan" in the sense that they got some republicans to vote for it, but if you look at the actual votes[1] it's clearly being carried by democrats. Given that, I don't think the claim of "the Democrats are trying to fundamentally reshape American industrial policy" is misleading or "interesting editorializing" (whatever that means). [1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684/actions https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684...
lapcat 3y ago
Well, it was somewhat more bipartisan in the Senate, where 19 of the 69 votes were Republicans. Who knows what the outcome would have been, though, if Democrats didn't already have 50 votes and the tiebreak. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00314.htm https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1... In the House, it was only 8 Republicans out of 228 votes. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021370 https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021370
aschearer 3y ago
Care to explain why you think the Republicans deserve equal credit? Or what exactly is the problem?
- ecshafer 3y ago
  Bipartisan means its not partisan, and supported by both sides. Saying Democrats are doing it is partisan. Its contradictory.
  - aschearer 3y ago
    Then you would agree that two of the three pieces of legisliation were _not_ bipartisan, and that they should be attributed to the Democrats, correct? So your issue is just that they included the third piece of legislation in the account?

> Between the three big pieces of legislation passed in President Biden’s first two years — *the Bipartisan* Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, an

gruez 3y ago

>the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the CHIPS and Science Act — the Democrats are trying to fundamentally reshape American industrial policy. I guess it's technically "bipartisan" in the sense that they got some republicans to vote for it, but if you look at the actual votes[1] it's clearly being carried by democrats. Given that, I don't think the claim of "the Democrats are trying to fundamentally reshape American industrial policy" is misleading or "interesting editorializing" (whatever that means). [1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684/actions https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684...

lapcat 3y ago

Well, it was somewhat more bipartisan in the Senate, where 19 of the 69 votes were Republicans. Who knows what the outcome would have been, though, if Democrats didn't already have 50 votes and the tiebreak. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00314.htm https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1... In the House, it was only 8 Republicans out of 228 votes. https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021370 https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021370

aschearer 3y ago

Care to explain why you think the Republicans deserve equal credit? Or what exactly is the problem?

ecshafer 3y ago
Bipartisan means its not partisan, and supported by both sides. Saying Democrats are doing it is partisan. Its contradictory.
- aschearer 3y ago
  Then you would agree that two of the three pieces of legisliation were _not_ bipartisan, and that they should be attributed to the Democrats, correct? So your issue is just that they included the third piece of legislation in the account?