The effort of President Biden and Congressional Democrats to get a two-track infrastructure plan through Congress had some pluses and minuses this past week.

One the plus side, Senate Democrats announced an agreement on a Budget Resolution that would be rammed through Congress on a strictly partisan vote. The Budget contains much of the Democratic domestic agenda. Labeled human infrastructure by the Biden Administration, the budget will contain campaign promises that don’t have the bipartisan support traditionally given to infrastructure. The budget process begins with the Budget Committee and starts with Congress passing a Budget Resolution. Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders started the talks suggesting a $6T price tag for the human infrastructure package. Under the leadership of Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrats announced agreement on a Budget Resolution totaling $3.5T.

The Democratic proposed Budget Resolution would make some important changes to Medicare by adding long-wanted additions for vision, dental and hearing benefits. For poorer states like WV this is a big deal, hence the support of Manchin. Childcare and parts of the green new deal are added to bring in progressives. The details are still to be ironed out, and like so much in DC to what extent the pro...

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