“The whole day was a clusterf**k, right?”

“The whole day was a clusterfuck, right?” said senior progressive Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), who helped negotiate the rapprochement with the moderates. “At the end of the day what we all want to do is get the president’s agenda done, and that’s what we’re going to do.”…

Despite the uncertainty, the centrists’ statement represents a significant detente between the Democratic caucus’ two warring factions after months of ideological sparring that threatened to take Biden to the mat too — despite Democrats having full control of Washington.

In a sign of how much trust has eroded, Congressional Progressive Caucus leader Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash) asked each of the centrists who signed the statement to look her in the eye as they committed both publicly and privately to vote for the broader spending deal after they’ve seen cost estimates, according to multiple Democrats familiar with the exchange.

Jayapal later addressed reporters outside on a wintry night alongside her opposite number of sorts, centrist leader Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), professing that the Friday night votes are “codifying that promise that our colleagues have made to us tonight. And let me tell you, we’re going to trust each other, because the Democratic Party is together on this.”