Pelosi Charges Ahead with Budget Resolution

Punchbowl News: “Next week is a pivotal moment for President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda as the House prepares to vote on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution. Passing that measure — which passed the Senate on party line 50-49 vote Aug. 11 — will allow Democratic congressional leaders to start assembling a massive reconciliation bill this fall that includes big chunks of Biden’s American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan… Combined with the $1 trillion Senate bipartisan infrastructure bill, this would be an enormous legislative win for Biden and the Democrats, one that the president and party bosses hope saves their embattled Hill majorities in 2022.”

“The problem is that right now, there aren’t enough Democratic votes to pass the budget resolution. A serious split has emerged between House Democratic moderates and progressives on these proposals, one that threatens to imperil passage of both measures.”