Senate Dems go it alone: Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders reach $3.5T infrastructure bill deal and greenlight reconciliation to bypass GOP filibuster despite fears it will fuel rampant inflation

UK Daily Mail ^ | July 14 2021 | ASSOCIATED PRESS

[knighthawk]

Senate Democrats announced Tuesday that they have reached a budget agreement among themselves that envisions spending an enormous $3.5trillion over the coming decade.

The plan is far less than the $6trillion that Democrats initially wanted, but it did not have the support of moderate centrists in the caucus.

The $3.5trillion plan includes spending for climate change, health care and family-service programs sought by President Joe Biden. Democrats will seek to bypass a Republican filibuster by winning passage through budget reconciliation.

[Olog-hai]

Heh “moderate centrists”.

[SaveFerris]

How about $7500 instead for every taxpayer?

Hey just asking .....

[ArcadeQuarters]

> Democrats will seek to bypass a Republican filibuster by winning passage through budget reconciliation.

Do Republicans ever do this? If not, why not?

[Ingtar]

One reason, aside from the unitary ones, is that they would lose any court challenge.

[Sacajaweau]

They Dems simply split the original monster proposal into two parts to get all this garbage into the package which does not require 60 votes.

I believe that played with the reconciliation rules so this could happen...something about you can only use it...maybe twice in a year?? I forgot.

[Sacajaweau]

https://bgrdc.com/reconciliation-update-april-9-2021/

[Crim]

They just lost the midterms.

Brilliant.

[Political Junkie Too]

Do Republicans ever do this? If not, why not?

They did it once -- to pass President Trump's tax cuts, not to raise spending by $3.5 trillion.

-PJ

[wildcard_redneck]

Gee, I wonder why nutless McConnell could never pull off anything like this.

[HollyB]

I wonder how they’d view congress if all the Republicans left for the next few weeks.

[HollyB]

Nah. We’re voting them out in 2022 and it’s going to be epic. It will be impossible to lose the midterms.

[Alberta's Child]

Don’t kid yourself. Americans are going to love this — especially the ones who have been hiding under their beds wearing face diapers for the last 15 months.

[newnhdad]

You’re forgetting about The Omega or Lambda variant which will force everyone to vote by mail..

[Gene Eric]

Rat scum shoving tax revenue up their asses at the expense of future generations.

Predators.

[LIConFem]

There are no “moderate” or “centrist” democrats anymore. In fact, there are no more Democrats... just rabid adherents to varying degrees of Marxist doctrine.

[BobL]

“Do Republicans ever do this? If not, why not?”

Yep, that’s how Trump got his tax cuts through, and Bush Jr. too, I think.

[ETL]

Senate Dems go it alone: Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders reach $3.5T infrastructure bill deal and greenlight reconciliation to bypass GOP filibuster despite fears it will [WITH DELIBERATE INTENT TO] fuel rampant inflation

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[BiglyCommentary]

Manchin just came out with a strong statement against more big spending so how do they get the votes for this?

[Lisbon1940]

I hate when they use Greek letters for variants, instead of a geographical designation. Discriminates against Greeks.