Resurrected Budget Package Faces Usual Roadblocks

Roll Call reports:

​Democrats face big obstacles and a deadline measured in weeks as they attempt to salvage a scaled-down tax, climate and health care package that could give them a boost ahead of the November elections.

Conversations have been underway between Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer to negotiate a budget reconciliation bill — which only requires a simple majority for passage — that would meet Manchin’s demands without losing support from other Democrats.

But even if legislation is written to accommodate Manchin, Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema remains a crucial question mark.

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Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up

The bill formerly known as “Build Back Better” has a new lease on life, but Democrats have little time and big decisions to make. https://t.co/C0CkUN3Zun

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