"Bait and switch" would imply Biden didn't propose all these things during his campaign for president. But...
Biden wanted a massive COVID relief package; it was a selling point in the GA Senate races. He proposed massive infrastructure, carbon, health, etc plans.

They were on his campaign website.
He telegraphed tax hikes on people making >$400K and corporations.
What policies has he implemented that he didn't put in his campaign docs so far?

Most of the stuff Rs are mad about — taxes, regulations, spending, climate — were campaign fodder in Dem primaries.

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Republicans make $568B, 5-year counter-offer to Biden:
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* rescind unspent money (previous COVID relief, etc.)
* no increase in federal debt
* user fees floated
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Potentially BFD: Parliamentarian ruling Senate majorities can pass more reconciliation bills by revising pre-existing budget resolution.

Bottom line: More bites at the apple for the filibuster-bypassing budget tool.
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This doesn't solve Dems' biggest problem on passing Biden's economic agenda: Staying unified. Manchin is already demanding changes and some House moderates are getting SALTy too.
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