Anatomy of a Partisan Hit Job on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal 
By No Labels

Recently, Republican Study Committee Chair Rep. Jim Banks released a memo in which he attacked the bipartisan infrastructure bill that just passed the Senate and now faces consideration in the House. His 10-point “takedown” was a mix of half-truths, non-truths, and exaggerations but provides a perfect example of how and why bipartisan deals usually fall apart in Washington. To give you a sense of just how dishonest this attack memo was, No Labels decided to go through and annotate it with a few comments.

MEET THE MOD SQUAD
By Ryan Clancy

You’ve heard of The Squad. Now, meet the Mod Squad. Nine moderate House Democrats — Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Ed Case (D-HI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Vincente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), and Filemón Vela (D-TX) — have sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi explicitly stating for the first time that they “will not consider voting for a budget resolution until the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passes the House and is signed into law.” For those who believe in two-party solutions and don’t want to risk seeing the Senate’s hard work...