.MaddowBlog: There's something dramatic about a political landscape in which Democratic centrists, ready to 'temper federal spending,' endorse a $3.5 trillion infrastructure plan.
by President Biden and a group of 10 senators -- five from each party -- which would invest $579 billion in new spending on domestic infrastructure needs. In theory, this package will face a Republican filibuster, but will have just enough GOP support to pass anyway.
As Schumer was eager to tell reporters on Capitol Hill last night, the combined total of the two measures is over $4 trillion in domestic investments,"which is very, very close to what President Biden asked us for" when the White House first unveiled its infrastructure pitch. There are still some details that haven't yet been released -- the negotiations were over top-line numbers, and the formal legislation still needs to be written -- but Schumer made a point to emphasize that the senators agreed to"a robust expansion of Medicare, including money for dental, vision, and hearing."
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