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"I want us to look at what a reconciliation package, a new one, would look like," Graham said in a brief interview. "We could do some things on health care. We can do some things on policy, taxes and spending."…

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/06/congress/lindsey-graham-reconciliation-00640338 

 

Sunday shows - Biden officials look to social spending package after infrastructure's passage | TheHill

…Cedric Richmond touted the Democrats' social spending package on Sunday after the House passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill two days earlier, signaling that the administration is now focusing its attention on the larger package, which lawmakers have vowed to pass later this month…

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/580446-sunday-shows-biden-officials-look-to-social-spending-package-after

Democrats brace for battle over $2 trillion reconciliation bill - The Washington Post

Infrastructure deal gave new life to Democrats, but major hurdles await as centrists and liberals remain wary of each other.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/06/congress-biden-spending-deal/

Opinion | The White House just announced a pretty good reconciliation deal, but we’re not there yet - The Washington Post

… there's a lot of good in the emerging framework…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/28/white-house-announces-reconciliation-framework-sort-of/

Joe Manchin’s reconciliation memo: What to know - The Washington Post

…It's worth decoding six items on his list to understand what Manchin, whose vote is necessary to pass any party-line proposal in the 50-50 Senate, wants and doesn't want. These also show us where it could be hardest to get to a final deal...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/05/joe-manchin-reconciliation-memo/

Opinion | Katie Porter’s sharp criticism of Kyrsten Sinema over reconciliation reveals an important truth - The Washington Post

Until Senator Sinema and Senator Manchin are able to come up with what they want, to do for their constituents, to do for the American people — until Senator Sinema stops being cute, and starts doing her job and leading for the people of Arizona — we're simply not going to be able to move the president's agenda forward...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/30/porter-sinema-reconciliation-msnbc/

Manchin offers alternative plans to Democrats' 'fiscal insanity' - POLITICO

… The moderate Democrat laid out how he wants to work on President Joe Biden's family plan, starting with tax reform...

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/29/manchin-alternative-spending-514757

Biden's Agenda Threatened By Party Disagreements

Progressives and centrists are holding major pieces of legislation hostage, and both have the numbers to make good on their threats…

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/joe-biden-agenda-reconciliation-congress-negotiations

Democrats' tax plan would cut bills for most Americans -congressional estimate | Reuters

… Democrats in coming weeks are trying to push the $3.5 trillion bill through Congress to carry out Biden's agenda of expanding child care, investing in education, green energy, health care and social services for the elderly and poor…

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-biden-infrastructure-congress-idUSKBN2GA1TK

The Democratic Push To Tax The Rich More Is 40 Years In The Making : NPR

… It's the dual mission of the tax portions of the reconciliation bill now taking shape in the tax-writing committees: to raise enough revenue to prevent the new spending from adding too much to future deficits. But Democrats also want to make sure whatever new revenue they raise comes from corporations and high-income individuals — the categories that have benefited most from the tax trends that began with Reagan's 1981 reconciliation breakthrough...

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/16/1036853972/biden-democrats-tax-the-rich-reagan-trump-reconciliation

The $3.5T Bill Corporate America Is Terrified Of | Robert Reich

Child care. Universal pre-K. Free community college. Paid leave. Medicare expansion. Climate action. Taxes on the rich and corporations. It’s all in the Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a fairer America.
https://youtu.be/pFHDceMr2F8

McConnell tries to derail Democratic infrastructure strategy - POLITICO

… If McConnell were to pull his caucus back from the infrastructure bill, Democrats could conceivably roll everything together into one big package and pass it via reconciliation without a single GOP vote. But that's not Biden's preference, nor is it the preference of GOP senators who hammered out the deal...

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/28/mitch-mcconnell-democratic-infrastructure-strategy-496707

Senate Democrats’ budget looks at $6 trillion in possible spending - The Washington Post

…Under the emerging reconciliation package, Democrats have said they plan to adopt key elements of President Biden's two major economic packages — the $2.2 trillion American Jobs Plan and the $1.9 trillion American Families Plan — that are omitted from the Senate's bipartisan compromise…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/17/senate-democrats-biden-reconciliation/

Even If Infrastructure Negotiations Fail, Biden Still Wins | Time

… The Republican aide agrees that if negotiations fail, it could work to Biden's advantage, because he will use reconciliation to try and pass a popular bill, but will still be able to point to a clear record of trying to reach a bipartisan agreement. Says the aide: "If the goal for them was to set it up so they have the 50 votes to go at it alone, it's a pretty effective strategy."…

https://time.com/6070438/biden-infrastructure-bipartisan-negotiatons/

Biden boosted by Senate rules as GOP bucks infrastructure - ABC News

...Administration officials have encouraged Republicans to talk more fully about what they dislike and would do instead, under the opinion that a battle of ideas will only help Biden gain support with voters...

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-boosted-senate-rules-gop-bucks-infrastructure-76892468

Schumer mulls obscure procedural maneuver to pass Biden's infrastructure bill - CBS News

... Schumer aides argue that Section 304 would allow for a second reconciliation process to be used this fiscal year, because it says "the two Houses may adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget which revises or reaffirms the concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year most recently agreed to."...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/infrastructure-bill-second-budget-reconciliation-senate-schumer/

Biden’s stimulus gamble: Massive cuts to Medicare, farm aid - POLITICO

..."Are we really going to find 10 Senate Republicans to prevent these cuts after they've found Jesus again on the national debt? Let's be real," the aide said in a statement. "There's a good chance they will allow these cuts to happen and paint Democrats as the ones who are responsible since we have total power in Congress and the White House."

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/13/biden-cuts-medicare-farm-aid-468895

Republicans can't make dark money political contributions tax deductible after all

Awww. Republicans are being blocked from giving themselves and their billionaire donors one of the gifts they’d planned for their tax bill. The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Republicans can’t include a provision letting churches and 501(c)3 non-profits endorse candidates in the bill if they want to use reconciliation to pass it with 51 votes.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/15/1724628/-Republicans-can-t-make-dark-money-political-contributions-tax-deductible-after-all

What the Senate Republican budget actually means for health care -- Vox

Is Congress taking another run at Obamacare repeal? Are they going to pay for corporate tax cuts with cuts to Medicaid and Medicare? Here's what we know. ....
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/4/16426064/voxcare-senate-budget-health-care-impact

GOP already eyeing next chance to revive Obamacare repeal -- POLITICO

Senate Republicans are discussing whether to use their next budget reconciliation measure to target the health law. ....
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/25/obamacare-repeal-republicans-budget-243125?cid=apn