Democrats keep pushing entire policy wish list as ‘infrastructure’

As moderate Democrats push for a bipartisan infrastructure package, the left flank of the party is continuing with its insistence that nearly everything on the policy wish list is considered under the banner.

In a tweet Sunday evening, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) argued, “Green transportation, Elder care, Child care, Water pipes & service lines and Veterans’ hospitals” counted as infrastructure, adding, “Let’s be bold in our vision as we rebuild America’s modern infrastructure.” “Housing is fundamental infrastructure,” Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) tweeted Sunday while expressing her support for progressive calls to dedicate more funding to public housing investments in the bill.