Democrats Draft $3.5 Trillion Social Policy Bill To Advance Biden Agenda
Democrats are meeting this week to begin drafting a $3.5 trillion social policy bill, which, if passed, would be the most significant expansion of America’s social safety net since the 1960s. In order to pass, President Joe Biden will need the support of every single Democrat in the Senate and nearly every single vote in the House. Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-West Virginia) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) have already voiced opposition to the bill, which would transform the social safety net as we know it. The new bill would affect every American, from conception to death. Heather Boushey, an econ...