Category: Budget Resolution 2021

Moderates in Both Chambers Continue Pressure on Democratic Leadership

After a weekslong stalemate with House moderates over Sen. Bernie Sanders’s $3.5 trillion budget resolution, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) finally reached a compromise with the rebels on the morning of an emergency session of Congress on Aug. 24. While the agreement secured advancement of the budget resolution, splits between moderates and progressives…


Moderates in Both Chambers Continue Pressure on Democratic Leadership Over $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution

After a weekslong stalemate with House moderates over Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion budget resolution, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) finally reached a compromise with the rebels on the morning of an emergency session of Congress on Aug. 24. While the agreement secured advancement of the budget resolution, splits between moderates and…


Sen. Sinema Says She Will Not Support Her Party’s $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution

Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said she opposes Democrats’ plan to tie the $3.5 trillion budget resolution bill to the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, adding her name to the list of Democrats who say the budget resolution is too pricey. Sinema was one of the senators that helped negotiate the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package recently…


Sen. Sinema Says She Won’t Support Her Party’s $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said she opposes the Democrats’ plan to tie the $3.5 trillion budget resolution bill to the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, adding her name to the list of Democrats who say the budget resolution is too pricey. Sinema was one of the senators who helped negotiate the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package…


Democrats Strip GOP Amendments in Passing Budget Resolution

After passing a handful of GOP amendments to the Democrat-led budget resolution, many of them were canceled in a last-minute effort led by Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Among the amendments that were canceled were bills that prevent illegal immigrants from getting the $1,400 relief checks, a bill to prohibit the halting of…