A $3.5 Trillion Question: What Is Budget Reconciliation? Here's An Explainer
Democrats are hoping to use a maneuver called budget reconciliation to pass a big $3.5 trillion economic plan over Republican objections. Here's what you need to know about the process.
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Senate Democrats are working on a massive $3.5 trillion economic plan that, if passed, would make sizable federal investments in child care, immigration and climate change programs.
Unlike the recent infrastructure deal that passed the chamber with the support of 19 Republicans, this bill is not expected to be bipartisan.
Though Democrats lack a majority large enough to overcome the that has become all but requiredto pass the bill with just a simple majority vote.
