GOP hopes spending traps derail Biden agenda
| Senate Republicans are hoping they successfully laid spending traps that will scuttle, or significantly water down, President Biden’s $3.5 trillion package.
Republicans, including GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), believe that by passing a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan bill through the Senate they’ve made it harder for Democrats to rally behind the larger package without at least making changes that slim down the overall price tag. And they are publicly rooting for, and raising pressure on, moderates in both chambers, who have signaled unease about the size of the Democratic-only package. |
