^ Trending towards iconoclastic, eh
Here Are The Big Policies In Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Budget Reconciliation Plans
Benefits For Parents
Democrats intend to continue the new monthly benefits for parents that they launched as part of the American Rescue Plan. Nearly every family in America started receiving $300 per child under 6 and $250 per kid age 6-17 last month, but the benefits won’t continue past this year.
Paid Leave
Democratic lawmakers have found a way to get around the Senate’s budget rules and include a national paid leave proposal in their reconciliation package. Policy advocates and leading lawmakers have proposed essentially creating a new entitlement program giving most Americans the right to federally paid leave.
No Debt Limit Hike
Democrats are daring Republicans to vote against an increase in the debt limit, setting up a high-stakes game of chicken in the coming months that could lead to catastrophic economic consequences.
Taxes
Unlike the three major coronavirus relief bills Congress has passed, Democrats plan to offset the cost of the budget reconciliation package by raising taxes. They say they’ll target corporations and the wealthy without burdening families earning less than $400,000, which was a key campaign pledge from Biden.
A chunk of revenue will come simply through increased IRS enforcement of current laws, since the government misses out on as much as $1 trillion annually due to taxpayer noncompliance. Presumably, much of the rest of the tax increases will come through reversals of the tax cuts Republicans enacted in 2017. But Democrats have said they’ll undo that law’s limit on federal deductions for state and local taxes, a provision that targeted wealthy households in blue states like New York and California.
Medicare
Reflecting one of Biden’s campaign promises and a rallying cry of Budget Committee Chair Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) presidential bid, Democrats are aiming to expand Medicare to include dental, vision and hearing care for the first time. They also want to slightly lower the eligibility age of Medicare, which is currently at 65.
Immigration
The Senate Judiciary Committee is tasked with providing “lawful permanent status for qualified immigrants” as part of the Democrats’ budget reconciliation package. The plan aims to grant green cards to millions of immigrant workers and families, per an outline of the document. Congress has been unable to pass any kind of immigration reform measure on a bipartisan basis, so its inclusion in a reconciliation package is a big deal.
Climate
Democrats are planning on going big on investments to fight climate change in their reconciliation package, including billions for clean electricity, electric vehicles, energy efficient buildings, weatherizing homes, a Civilian Climate Corps and more. Progressives and environmental groups, who say even more needs to be done to address the alarming effects of climate change across the world, will be watching the details of the bill closely. A number of progressives in the House have vowed not to support the bipartisan infrastructure bill that is expected to be approved by the Senate this week if the reconciliation package falls short.
“The Budget Resolution will allow the Senate to make the most significant investment in tackling the climate crisis in US history, and put America on a path to meet President Biden’s climate change goals of 80% clean electricity and 50% economy-wide carbon emissions reductions by 2030,” Senate Democrats pledged in their memo summarizing the coming legislation.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Ya don't say?
Biden Not Mentally Sharp: Poll | National Review
Here is a good read on the demise of President Joe Biden
Christie: 2020 Joe Biden 'is now officially dead and buried' | TheHill
Who gives a shit what that fat bastard thinks. Just another pathetic Republican that licks the shoes of the orange moron.
It appears your beloved President Joe Biden is in trouble with American people this morning approval rating 39 percent good luck all you liberals in 2024
Just as you cherry pick your polls
It's funny how Trumptards suddenly care about polls.
What’s really funny is you calling out people for not trashing Trump for his misgivings but say nothing about all the bumbling of the Biden administration.
One of those people was a wannbe dictator, an existential threat to democracy and a petrologically lying conman who used the office for his own benefit whilst hundreds of thousands died in a pandemic he downplayed and lied about because it hurt his 'ratings'. The other is a flawed man doing the best he can missteps notwithstanding.
Only a radicalized right-wing Trumptard would even see a comparison between the two.
I guess you missed the intent of my post as I was comparing you to conservative posters on this thread.
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