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Wait it passed but didn't really pass? Or has to pass again in the Senate?

Posted by ty97 Aug 11 '21, 05:54

Lawmakers still must translate their newly adopted budget into fuller legislation, meaning the more difficult fights over its exact contours are set to begin in earnest in September. Adding to the challenge, one of the Senate’s most pivotal swing votes, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), said hours after he voted on the measure that he has “serious concerns” about its price tag.

“Given the current state of the economic recovery, it is simply irresponsible to continue spending at levels more suited to respond to a Great Depression or Great Recession — not an economy that is on the verge of overheating,” he said in a statement.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/08/11/senate-democrats-budget-reconciliation/ (www.washingtonpost.com)

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they'd been up all night and convinced Sinema & Manchin to just pass a "plan", or maybe they're trying to pull a fast one on Nancy to get the .. - mud Aug 11, 06:10 1
- No, this was an entirely expected procedural step. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 11, 06:33
This is just the budget resolution, not the actual spending bill. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 11, 06:10 6
- so it's pointless..... -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 06:16 5
  - No. -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 08:25
  - It’s a required procedural step that paves the way for the reconciliation bill is my understanding. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 11, 06:18 3
    - Yeah, that seems to be how I read it, which means that the headlines 'budget passed!' are kinda misleading -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 06:25 2
      - where? -- nm - mud Aug 11, 06:28
      - Political headlines failing to encompass all the nuance of a situation? You don’t say…. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 11, 06:28

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