A sweeping infrastructure and climate change package. Lowering prescription drug prices. A long-awaited immigration overhaul.
With a nearly $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package now signed into law, Democrats on Capitol Hill have begun wrestling with this question: Which policy issues should they fast-track next?
The arcane budget reconciliation process would allow Democrats who control razor-thin majorities in the House and Senate to sidestep a GOP filibuster in the Senate and push through another massive legislation package with zero Republican votes, just as they did this month with President Biden
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At the moment, Democrats are all over the map about what should be in that next package. Moderate Rep. Elissa Slotkin