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What’s next for the reconciliation bill?

CQ Budget, Ep. 218

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate Democrats policy luncheon in the U.S. Capitol.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate Democrats policy luncheon in the U.S. Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 15, 2021 at 11:48am

Democrats have two weeks to meet a self-imposed deadline to pass a reconciliation bill, but a rift between moderates and progressives over the size of the package remains. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman break down the latest around the reconciliation bill.

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