While You Were Sleeping: US Senate Passes Democrats $3.5T Budget 50-49

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  1. Michael Cain says:

    The House has not passed a budget resolution yet. To use reconciliation requires a joint budget resolution, passed in both houses. Anyone know if Pelosi’s narrow majority will accept the Senate version?Report

    • North in reply to Michael Cain says:

      I haven’t read anything that offers a strong insight. Pelosi has, historically, proven a pretty able cat-herder for her caucus and every Democratic congress critter knows a lot is hanging on what happens next.Report

      • Michael Cain in reply to North says:

        This morning’s Washington Post reports that a group of nine Representatives are demanding that the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill be approved before moving on to the budget resolution.

        If I recall the House rules correctly — probably not — and if there’s a bipartisan majority that wants to pass the infrastructure bill so that they know they have that available to campaign on, that majority can force Pelosi to bring the unmodified bill from the Senate to the floor for a vote.Report

        • North in reply to Michael Cain says:

          Agreed. The question is are the nine reps posturing or will they actually join forces with all the GOP congresscritters to force a vote. Also important- are there less than 9 GOP congresscritters who won’t defect because they don’t want the infrastructure bill passed?

          There’s a LOT of unknowns with regards to what’s actually going on behind the scenes with Pelosi and her caucus. I’m not ready to count her out- she’s a wily operator. Also I would have never predicted the infrastructure bill would be passed with 19 GOP votes.Report