Pelosi Says House Democrats Will Add Paid Leave Back to Bill - WSJ

Some Democratic lawmakers said the party’s loss in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday underscored the need to quickly pass both the social spending and climate plan and a parallel infrastructure bill that has been held up in the House.

When you misread the first pitch, what’s to keep you from misreading the second?

White House officials said they hoped the Democrats’ weak election showings Tuesday would prod lawmakers to act swiftly to approve Mr. Biden’s legislative agenda, arguing that voters want action from Washington, and that sentiment was echoed on Capitol Hill.

Economy was the #1 issue for voters in Virginia and NJ, so pouring trillions of new spending, stimulus, and fiscal giveaways on top of inflation teetering on the edge of running away seems ill-advised. These two bills are going to keep the economy artificially suppressed and turn up the economic misery in the near term.