You cannot make up the post-Reagan Democratic Party.
Pelosi demands that the Democratic House fall on its sword, manacle itself to fake austerity quid pro quo:
As Jake Johnson explains at Common Dreams:
“If implemented, pay-go would require all new spending to be offset by budget cuts or tax hikes. Such a restriction, progressive lawmakers and economists argue, would unnecessarily hamstring the House Democratic majority’s ability to pursue the bold agenda that voters demanded in the November midterms.”