Umthombo: Scheerpost
Ngamanye amaxesha isigqibo esinye sithetha lukhulu. Kwaye kwaba njalo xa i-Congressional Progressive Caucus - enamalungu angama-98 kwiNdlu - kutshanje ikhethe ukuba iPAC yayo ivume "imodareyitha" ngokuchasene nomgqatswa oqinileyo onenkqubela phambili uNina Turner. Kule nkqubo, i-Progressive Caucus yagxininisa ukunyaniseka kwayo ekumiseni iiDemokhrasi ngelixa yonakalisa intembeko yayo phakathi kwabanenkqubela kwilizwe lonke.
Ukuvunywa kweNkongolokazi uShontel Brown ngokuchasene noTurner kumdlalo wabo olandelayo we-3 kaMeyi weza nje kwiinyanga ezintlanu emva kokuba uBrown ethathe isikhundla emva konyulo olukhethekileyo lonyaka ophelileyo kwisithili saseCleveland. Kwiprayimari ka-Agasti yokugqibela yeDemocratic, uBrown woyisa uTurner ngoncedo luka mali ukusuka kwiinkampani ezinkulu, iRiphabhlikhi kunye nabanikezeli be-pro-Israel abayi-hawkishly - kunye nenkxaso evela kwiRiphabhlikhi evotele uBrown kwindawo evulekileyo yaseOhio. (Abona baxhasi bakaBrown abaphawuleka kakhulu besizwe ibinguHillary Clinton kunye noRep. Jim Clyburn.)
UBrown lilungu lezopolitiko elimiselweyo kangangokuba akazange avele ajoyine i-Progressive Caucus - naye ngokukhawuleza wajoyina imbangi yeNew Democrat Coalition, umanyano lweyona mibutho yeDemokhrasi kwiNdlu.
Ngokudibana noBrown ngokuchasene neTurner, iCaucus eqhubekayo ibonakala isebenza njengoninzi lweWashington esemthethweni - njengendawo yokhuselo ebambeleyo.
Kwaye ugunyaziso luzise imibuzo kumphezulu ebiqhubeka ixesha elide. Njenge:
Ngaba i-Progressive Caucus imele umdla wabavoti abanenkqubela ekusekweni? Okanye ngaba iProgressive Caucus imele umdla wokusekwa kwabo baqhubela phambili? Kwaye ukuba impendulo ithi "zombini," isebenza njani loo nto?
Ngaphandle kokuba imibuzo enjalo iphendulwe ngokucacileyo, iinkohliso ziya kujongela phantsi iinzame zabasemagqabini abaqhubela phambili ukuvavanya iimeko ngokuchanekileyo kunye nokulungelelanisa ngempumelelo.
Ngelixa ukuqinisekiswa kukaBrown sisiganeko se-bellwether, ayisosiganeko esizimeleyo. Emva kwembali ende yokuhlehla endaweni yokusebenzisa amandla ayo (njengaxa yayishiya imfuno yayo ngo-2009 yokuba “ukhetho lukawonke-wonke” lube yinxalenye yoMthetho woNonophelo ofikelelekayo), iProgressive Caucus yabonakala inamandla okwenyani kwiinyanga zokuqala umongameli waseBiden. Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, ubunkokeli bayo bunyanzelise ukuba abuyi kubuya umva kwi-bipartisan yeziseko ezingundoqo kunyaka ophelileyo ngaphandle kokuba idlulile kwiCongress ngokuhambelana nomthetho woBuild Back Better ocetywe nguMongameli uBiden ngegalelo elikhulu elivela kuSeni. Bernie Sanders.
UBuild Back Better kwakubalulekile kubulungisa boqoqosho nentlalo kunye nokujongana ngokubonakalayo konxunguphalo lwemozulu. Kwaye ixesha elithile, kwakubonakala ngathi i-Progressive Caucus, phantsi kobunkokheli be-Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ibambe ngokuqinileyo kwimfuneko yokupasa i-Build Back Better kunye ne-infrastructure measure. Ixesha elilinganayo lalibalulekile kuba umthinteli weSenethi uJoe Manchin wayefuna ukuba umthetho oyilwayo weziseko zophuhliso usayinwe ube ngumthetho kodwa wayenobutshaba kuBuild Back Better.
Inkokheli yeProgressive Caucus yafunga ukuba ayizukubuya ngamva. Kwaye emva koko yajika, yakhetha ukutshangatshangisa ibhili yeziseko zophuhliso ngeNdlu. I-Congresswoman u-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wayemfutshane xa waye wathi: "NdinguNo. Bullshit obu."
Amanye amalungu eSquad eyandisiweyo - kuquka u-Ilhan Omar, uCori Bush, uRashida Tlaib, uJamaal Bowman kunye no-Ayanna Pressley - nabo bavotela ngokuchasene nomlinganiselo weziseko ezizimeleyo (kwaye bathatha ukuxhatshazwa okuninzi ngenxa yoko).
I-AOC, u-Omar, uBush, uTlaib, uBowman kunye noPressley babona into ezayo, ngenxa yokuzinikela kwe-Progressive Caucus. Umthetho oyilwayo weziseko zophuhliso ufikelele kwiCongress, kwaye uBiden wayisayina nge-15 kaNovemba. Yafa.
NgoDisemba, iRootsAction.org (esiyiseke ngokubambisana) yapapasha i ingxelo enzulu kwi-Congressional Progressive Caucus, ebhala ukuba uninzi lwamalungu ayo ayasilela ukuxhasa ii-CPC eziphambili eziphambili (ezifana ne-Medicare for All kunye ne-Green New Deal) kwaye ezinye kwi-caucus ziyi-PINOs kuphela - "Inkqubela phambili ngeGama kuphela." Abo benzi bomthetho ngokucacileyo bakholelwa ukuba ileyibhile "eqhubekayo" iyabanceda kunye nabaphembeleli kunye nabavoti kwizithili zabo, kodwa eWashington bathanda ukwenza umthetho egameni lemo yequmrhu.
Ingxelo ye-PINO yafumanisa ukuba "amalungu ali-16 e-CPC ayinxalenye ye-ideologically corporatist New Democrat Coalition" - i-caucus "ephakathi" exhasa imigaqo-nkqubo "ejolise kwintengiso" kunye "noxanduva lwemali" ukusombulula iingxaki ezinkulu zoqoqosho kunye nokusingqongileyo kwixesha lethu. . Yongeza uShontel Brown kolu luhlu lwamalungu amabini. (Xa iPAC yeCPC yagunyazisa uBrown kule nyanga, ikwabhengeze ukuvuma kwayo uninzi lwezona PINO zibi kakhulu ezilwela unyulo kwakhona, kubandakanya. UJimmy Panetta.)
Ingxelo yahlalutya ukunqongophala komanyano kwi-Progressive Caucus kwaye yakhankanya ukuba ukusilela ekubuzeni ukuba enye yeengqungquthela ezinkulu zeCongress ayizange ibe namandla okufumana uBuild Back Better kuwo wonke umgca wokugqibela.
Indlela yobunkokeli ye-Progressive Caucus ethe yancama amandla oBuild Back Better ifana naleyo isandula kuvuma uShontel Brown ngokuchasene noNina Turner. Abaqhubekileyo kwilizwe lonke kufuneka bathathele ingqalelo kwaye bangalibali: Asikwazi ukuxhomekeka kwi-Congressional Progressive Caucus ukubonelela ngohlobo lobunkokeli esiludingayo. Imelwe kukuba isuka emazantsi.
UJeff Cohen ungumseki we-RootsAction.org, unjingalwazi wobuntatheli odla umhlala-phantsi kwiKholeji yase-Ithaca, kunye nombhali we "Iimfihlo zeNdaba zeCable: Iimpazamo zam kwiMedia eziManyanisiweyo." Ngo-1986, waseka iqela lokubukela leendaba FAIR.
UNorman Solomon ngumlawuli kazwelonke weRootsAction.org kunye nombhali weencwadi ezilishumi elinambini ezibandakanya "Imfazwe Yenziwe Lula: Indlela abaMongameli kunye neePundits abasigcina ngayo besifa." Ungumseki kunye nomlawuli olawulayo weZiko lokuChaneka koLuntu.
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