"The Biden Administration and President Biden have definitely exceeded expectations that progressives had," Democratic Socialist Ocasio-Cortez said during a virtual town hall meeting.
"A lot of us expected a much more conservative administration."...
But the lefty firebrand said Biden’s handling of infrastructure legislation will be a "key" test on whether the president will continue to be bold or the American Rescue Plan turns out to be a "one and done situation and we’re going smaller."
Ocasio-Cortez complained that Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan is inadequate, particularly the provision that sets aside only $40 billion to renovate crumbling public housing.
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