Senate Democrats are vowing to vote during this work period, tentatively scheduled to last through the first week of August, on both the budget resolution that green-lights reconciliation and the smaller bipartisan deal that would spend $1.2 trillion over eight years on infrastructure.
The Hill’s Jordain Carney has the latest here.
Brewing battle over tax hikes to test Democratic unity
: Even so, a brewing battle over tax policy is starting to heat up as lawmakers return to Washington for a crucial work period when both of those issues converge.
Schumer and Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee have discussed a $6 trillion reconciliation package that would include $2.4 trillion in tax increases and legislation to lower the price of prescription drugs that would save the federal government an estimated $600 billion over 10 years.
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