As the lead Senate Democratic negotiator, she has been in regular contact with Biden by phone or seated across from him in the Oval Office. "It's been pretty clear from Day One that we always need to make sure we know where Sen. Sinema is, no matter the issue," said one administration official. "Throughout the negotiations, Senator Sinema was candid and transparent with the bipartisan group and the President," White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement to CNN. She then became a pink tutu-wearing anti-war activist, and lost her first bid for the Arizona House as an independent in 2002. She voted against California Rep. Nancy Pelosi as House Democratic leader and built a reputation of working across the aisle on the Financial Services Committee.

Source: CNN July 30, 2021 23:48 UTC