Biden's latest plan remains a huge advance for the middle and working classes.
Column: People talk about the cost of that big federal bill but don’t know what’s in it. So we’ll tell youBut the original ran into stiff opposition from Democrats whose votes were needed to pass it, largely because the Democratic majority in the Senate is razor-thin and the Republican Party was united in opposing anything proposed by Democrat Joe Biden.
That required the new plan to be a compromise, which didn’t use to be a dirty word, especially in politics, nor a sign of failure. As it happens, the revision did gain support from an even more crucial bloc, the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The progressives were in a position to do even more damage to Biden’s plan, if they stuck together to oppose the revisions. They haven’t done so.
What remains in the package, however, is revolutionary. The healthcare provisions alone “may be as impactful as the ACA or more,” former Medicare and Medicaid Director Andy Slavitt tweeted, referring to the Affordable Care Act. Not enough has been written about what’s actually inside President Biden’s budget reconciliation bill, and how it would help the U.S. reach its goals for reducing global warming.
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