AOC tangles with Sinema over $3.5 trillion spending package

Kyrsten Sinema said that Democrats will continue to work on a huge partisan spending bill, which will run into the trillions. However, she also indicated that she would seek to reduce the cost of the package, angering progressives in Congress.In a statement, the moderate Arizona Democrat stated that she had informed President Joe Biden and Senate leaders that she would support a spending bill that authorizes a subsequent spending bill up to $3.5 million. This was supported by most Senate Democrats. She supports many of the goals contained in the proposal, but she will demand changes to the final product.Sinema stated that while she supported the process being initiated, "I do not support a bill costing $3.5 trillion." She also said the following day, as Sinema was close to finalizing her bipartisan physical infrastructure bill.