'War was bipartisan. Tax cuts for the rich were bipartisan. Wall St bailouts were bipartisan,' Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
The larger budget reconciliation legislation would include funding for universal prekindergarten, two years of free community college, and clean energy requirements for utilities, and would work to lower prescription drug prices. Green cards would be offered to some undocumented immigrants and medicare benefits would be expanded through the bill as well.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive lawmakers pushed back against moderate Democrats concerns about the proposed $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package in Saturday social media posts. In this photo, Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a news conference on the eviction moratorium at the U.S. Capitol on August 3 in Washington, D.C.However, even though the legislation looks close to passage in the Senate—it faces an uncertain future in the House.
Pelosi has sided with progressives, saying the House will not take up the $1 trillion bill before the Senate approves the larger proposal as well. Meanwhile,Newsweek
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