(Bloomberg) -- Progressive incoming House Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plans to lay down an early marker with party leaders on Congress’s first day by voting against a package of legislative rules because it contains an austerity provision demanded by centrists.
The rules measure, set for a vote on
Thursday when the new Congress convenes, will reimpose a "pay as you
go" requirement that would allow challenges to legislation that adds to
the deficit. The rules were negotiated by likely House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to
satisfy concerns among members of the new the 235-member majority representing
more conservative areas of the country.
Ocasio-Cortez, a 29-year-old representative-elect from New York City, said
on Twitter Wednesday that the system referred to as paygo "isn’t only bad
economics," but is "also a dark political maneuver designed to
hamstring progress on healthcare+other leg. We shouldn’t hinder ourselves from
the start.".....
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