House Democrats plan to advance an already rejected immigration proposal to offer a pathway to legal status for millions of undocumented people, though whether the provision will land in a final package remains to be seen.
President Joe Biden acknowledged that Congress will need to scale back his sweeping economic, tax, and social spending agenda from its recent $3.5 trillion target figure. Meanwhile, his chief climate envoy John Kerry lauded corporate actions on climate, amid concern that the shrinking package won’t contain promised carbon cuts and climate provisions..
Democrats are pursuing a downsized option to provide relief from deportation to millions of undocumented immigrants through sweeping tax and social spending legislation.
Democrats are mulling whether to rescind billions of dollars meant to encourage states to expand their Medicaid programs, in part to pay for a federal Medicaid-like coverage plan in those states.