Have Senate Democrats Approved a $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan?
It’s early and the text still needs to be written, but this is good news.
It’s still incredibly early days and the legislation still needs to be written, but — depending on how it all turns out — I will be the first to eat my previous words. Early Wednesday, August 11th, Senate Democrats managed what I considered to be unlikely: they have apparently agreed to a $3.5 trillion spending plan. Kelsey Snell with NPR writes:
“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has released the text of a $3.5 trillion budget framework that is meant to give Democrats the opportunity to approve major federal investments in child care, family leave and climate change provisions without support of congressional Republicans.
In a letter sent Monday morning, Schumer told Democrats that the goal is for committees to write legislation to fulfill the spending targets by Sept. 15.”
Snell goes on to write that the framework includes specific targets such as $200 billion to go towards clean energy development, and $726 billion for the Health, Labor, Education and Pensions committee to address issues like universal pre-k.
While this is excellent news and a step in the right direction, CNN’s Claire Foran and Ali…
