Chuck Schumer says that the Senate parliamentarian has expanded the scope of the body’s reconciliation process. Vox reports:
Presuming that Schumer is telling the truth, I will dislike this development because I would like to see the reconciliation process narrowed rather than expanded. Nevertheless, I’m not entirely sure that this change really does have especially “big implications for President Joe Biden’s agenda.” Are the politics of taxing and spending really contingent upon how many bites Democrats get at the apple? Will this rule change alter the fundamental dynamics that undergird what is and isn’t possible in this Congress?
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