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The skinny on the stripped-down reconciliation framework

CQ Budget, Ep. 220

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hoped to approve the bipartisan infrastructure bill but Chair Pramila Jayapal said progressives wanted to pass the reconciliation package and the infrastructure bill through the House at the same time.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hoped to approve the bipartisan infrastructure bill but Chair Pramila Jayapal said progressives wanted to pass the reconciliation package and the infrastructure bill through the House at the same time. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted October 29, 2021 at 11:43am

President Biden presented House Democrats with a $1.75 trillion reconciliation framework this week. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman break down what was cut from the framework, the rift between progressive and moderate Democrats and what’s next for the reconciliation bill.

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