Thread by @JakeSherman

We are at beginning of a very long and complicated process when it comes to Biden’s agenda — both on the hard infrastructure & human infrastructure side

will require a tremendous amount of work by @JoeBiden, @WHCOS, Ricchetti, but most importantly, @SpeakerPelosi and @SenSchumer

@JoeBiden @WHCOS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer We laid out a lot of this in @PunchbowlNews this morning.

@SenSchumer and @SpeakerPelosi need to pass a budget — a tall task in and of itself — and the infrastructure package all in july.

Then in aug, sept., oct they need to get the actual human infrastructure leg thru

@JoeBiden @WHCOS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer @PunchbowlNews one of the big challenges and opportunities is the linkage.

why? bc progressives are going to be asked to vote for the buget with a promise of a bill later on. that’s tough. especially when so few Rs in the House are going to vote for the hard infra/none will vote for human inf

@JoeBiden @WHCOS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer @PunchbowlNews can the bipartisan deal pass the senate? maybe! we’ll see where McConnell lands. portman is as good a conduit as any here. mcconnell is in the loop.

can it pass the house? Good Q!

@JoeBiden @WHCOS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer @PunchbowlNews Timing is a tremendously important issue as well. Getting the budget resolution done in July is critical, as is completing the drafting and scoring of the bipartisan package.

@JoeBiden @WHCOS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer @PunchbowlNews Could this all be ready for floor consideration in July? “Ambitious but possible,” one Senate aide said. If not, expect legislative work to bleed into the early part of August. The early September sked is tight due to the Jewish High Holidays. Oct s better

@JoeBiden @WHCOS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer @PunchbowlNews Some lawmakers and aides in both parties have suggested that Democrats should slip the debt limit into the bipartisan package. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the debt limit needs to be lifted by August.