The bipartisan infrastructure legislation should not be tied to other legislation being considered. Again, can Members of Congress please stop playing politics with the welfare of the United States. These are agreements made in a bipartisan manner and are urgently needed. The Republicans in the US Senate had no problem changing the rules to gain more justices on the Supreme Court who favor their views in the past. If all Democratic Members of Congress from very diverse states and backgrounds can agree on legislation, that should be their right to pursue and vote on the legislation.

Vote for the package in front of you. Don’t hold it hostage because it isn’t 100% of what you want. Something is better than nothing. As long as it is responsible and productive legislation then that is what matters.

If compromise has been reached in the creation of the infrastructure legislation, then efforts to tie votes for it to actions on other legislation reflects a lack of integrity and a lack of understanding for the importance of compromise.

The bills should be considered separate, it seems petty to purposefully vote against something that you would otherwise support just for political game playing. Getting 60 votes to simply open debate seems like common sense, vote on the merits after that. If the minority party wont even allow things to be debated as a tool to subvert a vote on something that would otherwise have a majority of the body overall vote for, then what fairness does the rule even provide when it’s being abused and not being used in good faith.

The reason why spending has gone out of control in the US is because issues unrelated to the bills being considered always find their way in. Too often bills that I would support get ruined by things that have no right to be considered with it. If something is a good idea it shouldn’t have to be snuck in with other good bills just to pass. Most issues should be broken up into separate bills with the exception to sometimes issues need certain things to happen to be effective.

Any priorities which any congress member finds desirable, but is not infrastructure, should be presented in its own bill. Then it can pass or fail on its own merit.

Normally, I would support the consideration of legislation on its own merits, such as the bipartisan infrastructure proposals. However, the Democratic proposal that they propose to pass through remediation is destructive and should be opposed at all costs… It proposes spending that is at the level of what the entire Federal budget was pre-COVID. It also would fundamentally change the nature of the relationship between the citizen and the Federal Government. Not to mention there is no way one can tie much of this to any Constitutionally enumerated power. I oppose legislation that substantially increases the role of the Federal Government in the daily lives of its citizens. Our Constitutional system was intended to have a limited role for the Federal Government. We have moved past that long ago – I believe in the transfer of power back to the States – so I certainly oppose further expansion. Therefore, even though I do wish to see an infrastructure bill pass, I am in the minority who agree to withhold support if such support also enables the far larger partisan package that the Democrats wish to push through.

I support Speaker Pelosi’s plan not to support the bipartisan infrastructure plan without passing the legislation which includes childcare, paid leave, universal preschool, free community college, and corporate tax measures. Biden campaigned on some of this. He must keep his campaign promises.

The Republicans never support the people. We have to pass legislation for the people. This can not be about corporations and the wealthy getting richer. If we only pass the Infrastructure the Republicans want then that is exactly what will happen. The Republicans will get richer off the backs of the people. They have made us slaves and it has to stop. People can not afford to live so why should they work. It has to be all inclusive of a package or the Republicans will make sure the other legislation is dead on arrival.