Budget reconciliation: Calling it a '$3.5 trillion spending bill'

Sep 05, 2021 View Original Article
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Bias Score Analysis

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"The Finance Committee is expected to seek savings from prescription drugs to fully cover the cost of measures expanding Medicare and Medicaid and bolstering subsidies for health coverage purchased in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces."
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"So are the clean energy, manufacturing, and transportation tax incentives listed as part of the package in a memo Senate Majority Leader Chuck SchumerChuck SchumerSchumer calls for action on climate after Ida flooding House Democrats urge Pelosi to prioritize aid for gyms Progressives launch campaign to exclude gas from Congress's clean electricity program MORE"
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"If the approach used to arrive at the $3.5 trillion figure had been used for the 2017 Trump-era tax cut, that measure's cost would have been said to be far greater than the $1.5 trillion figure used for it when the measure was enacted (later revised by Congressional Budget Office to $1.9 trillion), as the $1.5 trillion (and $1.9 trillion ) figures were net rather than gross figures."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The Finance Committee is expected to seek savings from prescription drugs to fully cover the cost of measures expanding Medicare and Medicaid and bolstering subsidies for health coverage purchased in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

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