{"id":1098604,"date":"2021-12-08T12:43:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T17:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1098604"},"modified":"2021-12-08T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T17:44:00","slug":"report-democrats-fear-schumer-cannot-pass-reconciliation-package-before-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-democrats-fear-schumer-cannot-pass-reconciliation-package-before-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Democrats Fear Schumer Cannot Pass Reconciliation Package Before Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-democrats-fear-schumer-cannot-pass-reconciliation-package-before-deadline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1098604&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Some Democrats on Wednesday are reportedly questioning whether Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) can pass the $1.9 trillion reconciliation package before his self-imposed Christmas deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The package has been delayed for months due to Democrat infighting and pending Senate parliamentarian rulings on radical items in the package.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Further delay of Biden\u2019s so-called Build Back Better (BBB) agenda past Christmas will likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/06\/democrats-rush-pass-joe-bidens-massive-tax-spend-package-midterm-campaign-year\/\">impact<\/a> the 2022 midterms.&nbsp;The longer the package remains bogged down in Congress, the more tricky it will be for Schumer to corral \u201cyes\u201d votes to pass the measure in a campaign year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChuck Schumer&nbsp;tells us every day that he is continuing to push for a vote on the Build Back Better Act by Christmas, even as some in his own party question that timeline in public and private,\u201d Punchbowl News <a href=\"https:\/\/email.punchbowl.news\/t\/ViewEmail\/t\/D05EC594B14F493C2540EF23F30FEDED\/285B195D379BF34946778398EADC2510?alternativeLink=False\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s like a broken record,\u201d the publication added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Democrats\u2019 doubts if Schumer can keep his promise are partly due to outstanding particulars that must be finalized. The Senate is still debating amnesty, Medicare expansion, and state and local tax deductions (SALT).<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who has said he is fine with passing the measure next year, said Tuesday he is <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/584830-manchin-warns-about-inflation-as-democrats-pursue-biden-spending-bill?rl=1\">worried<\/a> the overall package would exacerbate inflation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19049962\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joe-M.-AP21336716714880.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19049962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joe-M.-AP21336716714880.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key vote on President Joe Biden&#039;s domestic spending agenda, gestures to reporters, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, while boarding an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key vote on President Joe Biden\u2019s domestic spending agenda, gestures to reporters, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, while boarding an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe unknown we\u2019re facing today is much greater than the need that people believe in this aspirational bill that we\u2019re looking at,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve got to make sure we get this right. We just can\u2019t continue to flood the market as we\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Sen.&nbsp;Elizabeth Warren<b>&nbsp;<\/b>(D-MA) told Punchbowl the Senate needs to complete the package quickly to avoid delaying the vote into a campaign year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother month, another three months is not going to make things easier,\u201d she said. \u201cThe House has stepped up. They\u2019ve done their part. The president has promised we\u2019re going to get this thing through. We have most of the provisions done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the Senate split 50-50, Schumer has little wiggle room to pass the&nbsp;most radical legislative item since Lyndon Johnson\u2019s Great Society in the 1960s. \u201cThere is no room to gamble,\u201d Punchbowl noted. \u201cHe must have everything lined up before BBB comes to the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Democrats on Wednesday are reportedly questioning whether Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) can pass the $1.9 trillion reconciliation package before his self-imposed Christmas deadline. 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