Category: Budget Resolution 2021

Moderates in Both Chambers Continue Pressure on Democratic Leadership

September 2, 2021
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After a weekslong stalemate with House moderates over Sen. Bernie Sanders’s $3.5 trillion budget resolution, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) finally reached a compromise with the rebels on the morning of an emergency session of Congress on Aug. 24. While the agreement secured advancement of the budget resolution, splits between moderates and progressives…

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Moderates in Both Chambers Continue Pressure on Democratic Leadership Over $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution

September 2, 2021
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After a weekslong stalemate with House moderates over Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion budget resolution, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) finally reached a compromise with the rebels on the morning of an emergency session of Congress on Aug. 24. While the agreement secured advancement of the budget resolution, splits between moderates and…

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Sen. Sinema Says She Will Not Support Her Party’s $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution

August 23, 2021
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Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said she opposes Democrats’ plan to tie the $3.5 trillion budget resolution bill to the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, adding her name to the list of Democrats who say the budget resolution is too pricey. Sinema was one of the senators that helped negotiate the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package recently…

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Sen. Sinema Says She Won’t Support Her Party’s $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution

August 23, 2021
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said she opposes the Democrats’ plan to tie the $3.5 trillion budget resolution bill to the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, adding her name to the list of Democrats who say the budget resolution is too pricey. Sinema was one of the senators who helped negotiate the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package…

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Democrats Strip GOP Amendments in Passing Budget Resolution

February 11, 2021
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After passing a handful of GOP amendments to the Democrat-led budget resolution, many of them were canceled in a last-minute effort led by Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Among the amendments that were canceled were bills that prevent illegal immigrants from getting the $1,400 relief checks, a bill to prohibit the halting of…

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