The lawmakers, who have been on opposite sides of the reconciliation debate for several months, had a two-hour discussion on President Biden's massive social spending package.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., the chair of the House progressive caucus, met with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Monday for the first time since broader negotiations began on the Democrats' multi-trillion-dollarThe lawmakers, who have been on opposite sides of the reconciliation debate for several months, had a two-hour discussion on President Joe Biden's massive social spending package.
No final decision has been made, but the administration and progressive lawmakers have pushed for the $150 billion program to be in the social spending bill.would like to see passed in tandem with the social spending plan. In late September, for instance, Jayapal marshaled roughly half of her 95-member caucus to oppose the infrastructure bill if it came to a vote, fearing that moderate Democrats would attempt to curtail the social spending bill once the infrastructure proposal passed.
Both measures have the support of Democrats and remain likely to pass in some form. But the size of the social safety net bill is a sticking point among Democrats, with moderates pushing for a pared-down version, while progressives insist that the bill's price tag will boost an economy upended by the pandemic.
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