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Biden Floats $2 Trillion Reconciliation Bill
October 1, 2021 at 9:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 118 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2021/10/01/biden-floats-2-trillion-reconciliation-bill/
"SNIP.......
President Biden, meeting with House Democrats on Capitol Hill on Friday, indicated they must further delay a final vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and scale back his $3.5 trillion social spending package to around $2 trillion range if either is to pass, Axios reports.
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notinkansas
(1,096 posts)How many critical programs do they plan to cut?
applegrove
(118,640 posts)which actually increases taxes and has a big multiplier effect a Quebec Study of more than 20 years proved.
notinkansas
(1,096 posts)are wildly different things. With all the voter suppression being made into law in so many states, it's certainly not a given that Dems will have control of the legislature after the next election.
Gotta get voting rights legislation passed before then is so critical.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)From a decade to six years or something.
notinkansas
(1,096 posts)gutting the bill.
bluewater
(5,376 posts)Keeping the yearly funding for all programs intact and allowing Democrats to run to renew those social safety net programs once Americans have had a chance to see them in action.
Excellent idea.
Bettie
(16,095 posts)that is a much better option.
dsp3000
(483 posts)give the democrats and joe a win on "compromise", energize our base for 2022, and hope we get 2 more senate seats, and get the rest then? 3 trillion is plenty.
notinkansas
(1,096 posts)It might be pretty hard to energize a base having delivered not much of anything.
Ollie Garkie
(186 posts)this would be the next step, including the 2T price tag. I await with baited breath
what the 2 headed monster stepchild Manchinema will say when they weigh in.
Bettie
(16,095 posts)Pokémon my youngest is always talking about! LOL.