House Democrats say $555 billion in climate investments should be a starting point to recommence budget reconciliation negotiations in the Senate.
Progressive groups are asking Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to restart negotiations on the budget reconciliation package that contains the bulk of President Joe Biden’s social and climate agenda, which passed the House under the banner of “Build Back Better” before stalling in the Senate last year.
Social and environmental advocates are emphasizing that there’s still a dire need to pass the policies the Build Back Better bill contained. Democrats are currently rallying around proposed spending on climate and clean energy programs, and progressive groups say relief for working people and families is badly needed due to the rising cost of fuel, food, and other necessities.
Biden and many Democrats hoped to fund new climate initiatives and make an array of social investments through budget reconciliation, but Manchin balked at the originalprice tag and proposals designed to move the country away from coal and other fossil fuels, arguing that new spending would add to inflation.
“In reconciliation, Senate Democrats have introduced additional legislative proposals to lower the rising cost of energy, prescription drugs and health care, and the costs of raising a family,” Schumer wrote to fellow Democrats. “Senate Democrats are focused on delivering on our promise to fight these rising costs.”
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