Senate Democrats just laid out their $3.5 trillion plan to hike taxes on the wealthy & begin

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57. The big hurdle is final passage, the rest is more or less window dressing. Yes, in theory even the

budget resolution could have been stopped, but both Manchin and Sinema both said days (weeks?) ago they would not block that. They also said they would not support the full package. That is where the friction will come into play, in both chambers, as if the final senate version goes too far in the slashing, Pelosi may well have a rebellion on her hands form the 94 person-strong (biggest single group in the Dem House caucus) Progressive Caucus. On the other hand, IF somehow the Senate goes full bore and passes everything the progs want (ie Manchin and Sinema, etc all cave in) then she may well have issues with the Blue Dogs and the Problem Solvers group in the House. It is a balancing act.

Hopefully the paring down that Sinema and Manchin (and perhaps others) will demand is not big enough to make the House progs go bonkers.