If he manages to reconcile the progressive and moderate wings of his party, the president could bring about social reform in the Senate by a simple majority
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The American President, Joe Biden, this Sunday hurried negotiations with the moderate wing of the Democrats to try to carry out his social spending plan, after rreduce its cost from $ 3.5 to $ 2 trillion in ten years, before leaving on a trip to the G20 meeting in Rome.
Biden received at his residence in Wilmington (Delaware), where he spends the weekend, Senator Joe Manchin, representative of the moderate Democratic wing, and the leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, according to the White House.
For her part, in Washington, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, remarked that in a interview on CNN the agreement “is almost reached” and that today’s meeting in Delaware will focus “on some specific points that need to be finalized.”
The White House hopes that Congress can vote on the $ 2 trillion social spending plan, one of the president’s top priorities, before he leaves on a trip at the end of the week to participate in the G-20 leaders’ summit. in Rome.
The social spending plan of Biden seeks to increase spending on healthcare, child and elderly care, improve education and tackle the climate crisis, among other issues, although the proposed reduction in its cost implies that it will be less ambitious than promised.
The progressives demanded a more voluminous plan, while the moderates considered it excessive.
If you can reconcile the moderate and progressive wings of your party, Biden could finally push through that social reform in the Senate through a legislative formula known as reconciliation, which allows a bill to be approved with simple majority of 50 votesJust the ones the Democrats have.
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