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Consider it dead, along with voting/medical rights, despite Pelosi's theatrical drama
Using a legislative maneuver called reconciliation, the budget resolution is protected from being filibustered in the Senate, allowing a simple majority to approve the legislation in each chamber.
With the evenly divided Senate, Manchin is a needed vote for Democrats. They can pass the budget bill with 50 votes, meaning all Democratic-voting senators need to vote "aye" because no Republicans are expected to support the massive legislation.
But, Manchin wrote Thursday, "I, for one, won’t support a $3.5 trillion bill, or anywhere near that level of additional spending, without greater clarity about why Congress chooses to ignore the serious effects inflation and debt have on existing government programs."
Wall Street bailouts (roughly 3.5 trillion every two and a half years)? No problem
Probably just as good, we're not supposed to have that much pork in our diets anyway.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Friday September 03 2021, @05:06PM (2 children)
And you need to quit linking to paywalled articles. References have to be freely accessible or they are worthless
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 04 2021, @03:56AM (1 child)
It does show which media bias he supports enough to give them money.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday September 04 2021, @11:32AM
Which isn't saying much in this case.