Rep. Jayapal: $1.5 Trillion Budget Bill Is ‘Too Small to Get Our Priorities In’

Rep. Jayapal: $1.5 Trillion Budget Bill Is ‘Too Small to Get Our Priorities In’
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) speaks during the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on Online Platforms and Market Power in the Rayburn House office Building, Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 29, 2020. Photo by Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wa.) said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)’s proposal the reconciliation bill be worth $1.5 trillion is too small, and left-wing members of the Democratic Party won’t support it.

Over the past several days, infighting has escalated between progressive and moderate Democrats over the cost of the budget reconciliation bill, which includes a bevy of climate programs and social welfare initiatives. Manchin has long argued that the bill is too expensive and would likely trigger yet another spike in inflation.

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