In @PunchbowlNews this AM:
What Biden will tell Democrats today: The president -- who has as much at stake here politically as anyone -- will tell Senate Democrats behind closed doors that they did a great job in crafting this budget framework, but now they have to pass it.
What Biden will tell Democrats today: The president -- who has as much at stake here politically as anyone -- will tell Senate Democrats behind closed doors that they did a great job in crafting this budget framework, but now they have to pass it.
@PunchbowlNews Biden will urge progressives inside the caucus to support the emerging “hard” infrastructure framework, and moderates to support reconciliation.
@PunchbowlNews → What this means: This internal agreement among Senate Ds is a critical first step. But it is only that -- a first step. Manchin and Sinema have privately signaled they may only support a much smaller reconciliation package, somewhere in the $1 trillion to $2 trillion range.
@PunchbowlNews Progressives wouldn’t accept a $1-trillion-to-$2-trillion deal. While Sanders won agreement to expand Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing coverage, he lost the battle to lower the eligibility age to 60 or even 55, so further caves will be tough to swallow on left.
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