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5. Democrats have one more Reconciliation Bill left for the year (Covid Relief Bill is using last
Thu Mar 4, 2021, 07:52 PM
Mar 2021

years unused Reconciliation option). I know that they want to do the Infrastructure Bill with that, but I think S1 is, as you say, everything. The only thing I can think of is that they might burst the Byrd rule once they have two massive wins under their belts, or wait until Jan 2022 and then get S1 passed by the end of March 2022, but I would be concerned that there may not then be time to implement all the actions contained in the Bill, in time for the Midterms because Republicans will go all out through the courts. At least if they could get it done by this coming June, there would be a longer timespan to defend it in the courts.

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