Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears determined to proceed to a vote on the “Build Back Better” agenda, putting moderate House Democrats in grave political danger. | Opinion by @charlescwcooke https://t.co/d5v4b2CKLZ

— National Review (@NRO) November 4, 2021

Infrastructure, spending bills could see House vote Friday as Democrats push ahead https://t.co/JI4v1w3vsJ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 5, 2021

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) laughs when a reporter asks if a vote on infrastructure is possible without a vote on the reconciliation bill.

She says: “No.” pic.twitter.com/tQRBes669y

— The Recount (@therecount) November 4, 2021

Still not good enough for ya, #Manchin and #Sinema? https://t.co/gbt1DuMXLg

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) November 5, 2021

Lottttts of whipping going on on the floor right now. Pelosi & Cuellar had a very animated chat. Now Clyburn & Cuellar… https://t.co/IfY6mResos

— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) November 4, 2021

“I imagine, as everyone does, there are going to be changes made on the Senate side,” Kind says of the BBB bill.

“I sure hope so,” he says when asked if there’s a path to finishing this today.

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) November 5, 2021

Congress shouldn't be allowed to recess Friday. Keep them in town until they pass Build Back Better and voting rights. Make them work for the people.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) November 4, 2021

"This approach is a simple, content neutral, non partisan, First Amendment friendly way to save local news," @stevenwaldman says https://t.co/QYwWJr6M7N pic.twitter.com/0PbOApWm7d

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 5, 2021

“The real issue here is not the legislation, it’s the Supreme Court, because the Supreme Court are the people who took away the Voting Rights Act to begin with," Elie Mystal says on why Democrats have failed to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.https://t.co/wckdOJ3fDf

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 5, 2021

"Given the stakes for the country…Americans badly need a rolling conversation about how moderate voters of all affiliations can coalesce behind and guide the only party right now that shows an interest in governing and preserving democratic norms." https://t.co/Pknsl2NlhT

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 5, 2021

“I’m a loyal Democrat, but if I have to start paying my student loans again come January I’ll be ready to throw up my hands and chant ‘Let’s go, Brandon,’” https://t.co/6OxY2Fake4

— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 5, 2021

and yet @Sen_JoeManchin seems oblivious to the damage he is doing.. https://t.co/mmxgnajkgB

— Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) November 4, 2021

Manchin and Sinema have done a lot of damage to Biden's economic agenda over the past 6 moths (and even more to the Democratic Party's electoral prospects). But the party's response shows Biden is winning the battle for ideas. https://t.co/nGjQJrhxTJ

— Zachary D. Carter (@zachdcarter) November 4, 2021

Dow is over 36,000, unemployment has dropped from 6.3 in Jan. to 4.8. Over 5 million jobs added, a record. 220m vaccines in 10 months. And only 30% of country think US is on right track. The Democratic Party has a huge messaging problem.

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) November 5, 2021

– just when you think it couldn’t get any sleazier

– some Tory MPs were yesterday told “they would lose funding for their constituency” if they failed to toe the linehttps://t.co/SAwEP4wnUA

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) November 4, 2021

There are plenty of unsavoury details in this account by the FT political team of Boris Johnson’s chaotic and damaging 48 hours but this one caught my eye https://t.co/V08FuTZHnz pic.twitter.com/LZqs9UOBWu

— Janine Gibson (@janinegibson) November 4, 2021

Boris Johnson’s spokesman repeatedly refuses to deny on the record that the prime minister offered Owen Paterson a peerage yesterday, or plans to give him one in the future.

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) November 5, 2021

Jacob-Rees-Mogg's performance this week will be viewed by future history students as one of the most shamelessly two-faced acts of public advocacy in the modern period https://t.co/dZmQETND1z

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) November 5, 2021

Tory knives are being sharpened for Jacob Rees-Mogg after claims that he and the Tory Chief Whip were dual drivers of the plot to block Owen Paterson’s suspension with a cunning plan which they described to Boris Johnson as being “watertight”. https://t.co/CAJ2zhiAbM

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) November 5, 2021

Wow, 36 government U-turns in just 23 months. With Boris Johnson’s judgement once again in question, the old excuse that ministers are better to face up to mistakes and correct them has long since expired… (h/t ⁦⁦@POLITICOEurope⁩) pic.twitter.com/y4Bb610NvU

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) November 5, 2021

They don’t stand for anything except themselves. Their ‘causes’, most obviously Brexit, are just extensions of their own fragile egos & myriad prejudices & insecurities. This isn’t true of all Tories, just the very limited & specific ones like Rees Mogg, Raab, Paterson, Patel etc

— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) November 4, 2021

"There was a long pause – dead air, as everyone paused to remember the lies that had been told to deliver Brexit. Not to mention the illegal prorogation of parliament and the signing of the Northern Ireland protocol in bad faith." @JohnJCrace https://t.co/CUNCiqo09S

— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) November 4, 2021

The Tory sleaze scandal

Coming out with credit: Chris Bryant, Tory rebels, opposition leaders and MPs

Totally discredited: Owen Paterson, Boris Johnson, Kwasi Kwarteng, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Mark Spencer, Angela Leadsom, Paterson's "friends" and Tory sheep

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) November 4, 2021

New: the U.K. has spent more than 1 billion pounds on its post-Brexit border measures, as trade with the EU fell 15% in second quarter vs Q2 2018 1/https://t.co/GHwKEoK0wX

— Joe Mayes (@Joe_Mayes) November 5, 2021

One reason why taxes are going up is the 4% hit to growth caused by Brexit. If anything, that OBR estimate will prove an underestimate if the UK provokes a trade war by triggering Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol. Me for @NewStatesman.https://t.co/Y75AggFs8J

— David Gauke (@DavidGauke) November 5, 2021

Update: "Time is running out" on UK-EU talks over the Northern Ireland Protocol, Brexit Minister Lord Frost warns https://t.co/8rctvGpQrs

— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) November 5, 2021

Just been speaking to Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce. I never thought I would live to see the day when on a show of hands in a Belfast business gathering close to 100 percent said they had no trust in or respect for the Tory PM and government. 100pc – Brexit going badly 1/4

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) November 4, 2021

The UK is going to invoke Article 16. They'll argue it's surgical – "it's only Articles 5 & 7" etc. But EU will (rightly) see it as nuclear

I expect no intermediate step (tariffs). Just an immediate, emergency EU Council & political decision to *suspend* the UK-EU trade deal 1/

— Mujtaba Rahman (@Mij_Europe) November 5, 2021

Strong as ever from @MarosSefcovic but I fear our British friends have no interest in their responsibilities:

"Let there be no doubt that triggering Article 16 – to seek the renegotiation of the Protocol – would have serious consequences."https://t.co/3qqov92mxC

— Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) November 5, 2021

I’d pick hungry children or 150,000 mostly-avoidable Covid deaths but good to know where your priorities lie. https://t.co/2CHdAsb3c3

— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) November 5, 2021