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CQ Budget, Ep. 229

President Biden and his allies are figuring out if there is way to salvage pieces of "Build Back Better".
President Biden and his allies are figuring out if there is way to salvage pieces of "Build Back Better". (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

President Biden and others have spoken this week about breaking apart the behemoth reconciliation package known as “Build Back Better” to try to pass it in pieces. But as CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Peter Cohn explain, this idea may be more complicated than it seems.

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