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In reply to the discussion: Ocasio-Cortez Would Vote Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Over Climate Change [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)worked into every possible aspect of this bill. She was invited to be on an important climate committee and declined.
Unlike her, all our reps who worked so hard on the climate provisions know what each can accomplish. And they know that all the climate mitigation we can accomplish is worth incredibly more than the nothing Ocasio would settle for.
They also know it'd take years to get back to this point -- if we have another chance, which is far from certain.
Btw, this illustates the most important difference between the few on the left fringe and the rest of our progressive Democratic caucuses: The pattern of just abandoning everything if they don't get what they want, no matter how important, and preen themselves as highminded for it. It's why there are only a handful of them among over 200 progressive Democrats. Mercifully.
As it is, though, a Democratic majority of 3 in the house means our bills are only marginally less vulnerable to being blown up by outliers there than in the senate.