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Schumer-Budget Resolution Will Allow Most Significant Package Since New Deal

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Senate majority leader Chuck Schumerspeaking on the Senate floor presently. Talking about the White House's USD3.5trn infrastructure plan that Congressional Democrats hope to get through the Senate through a reconciliation process under a budget resolution.

  • "This budget resolution will allow us to pass the most significant legislation to help American families since the New Deal...Every major program that President Biden has asked for will be funded in robust way"
  • "Jobs, family, climate. These are the three buckets Democrats are working on. Let me repeat, there is a long way ahead of us."
  • Schumer: "I am sure my friends on the other side of the aisle will oppose our infrastructure package while raising phony concerns about the debt and deficit."
  • Schumer also states that he will join in with the Dem proposal for the decriminalisation of marijuana at the federal level.

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