Biden reassures progressives on cuts to spending bill

[AZProgressive]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that although he expects his social safety net and climate spending package to shrink, “we're going to come back and get the rest” after it's passed, a seeming effort to reassure progressives who are worried their priorities may lose out in the negotiations.

“We're not going to get $3.5 trillion. We'll get less than that, but we're gonna get it. And we're going to come back and get the rest,” Biden said during remarks at a child care center in Connecticut.

Democrats on Capitol Hill are working to reduce the sweeping package to about $2 trillion in spending, which would be paid for with higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy. The proposal includes everything from free child care and community college to dental, vision and hearing aid benefits for seniors and a number of significant provisions meant to combat climate change. They're all key items for progressives, but moderates have balked at the original $3.5 trillion price tag.

With slim margins in the House and the Senate, Democrats have no votes to spare on the bill. The whittling process has sparked concern from some progressives.

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[FloridaBlues]

1. They will just have to come together now hopefully soon

What’s that saying “you can’t always get what you want but get why you need. This maybe that time. We are losing ground in peoples eyes.

[Patton French]

2. It's a precarious situation

The bipartisan bill needs to pass, as does the BBB bill. But can both survive at the expense of the other? If it weren’t for certain individuals, yes. But given what we’re dealing with, is one better than none? I’m glad it’s not up to me.