{"id":629750,"date":"2021-08-10T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T17:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=629750"},"modified":"2021-08-10T13:20:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T17:20:37","slug":"senate-begins-debating-democrats-mammoth-3-5-trillion-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-begins-debating-democrats-mammoth-3-5-trillion-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Begins Debating Democrats\u2019 Mammoth $3.5 Trillion Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fsenate-begins-debating-democrats-mammoth-3-5-trillion-budget%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=629750&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>The Senate voted to begin debating Democrats\u2019 $3.5 trillion budget resolution, embarking on a marathon session in what is just the beginning of what will likely be an ugly, partisan fight.<\/p>\n<p>Senators took up the budget on a 50-49 party-line vote, a day after it was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/09\/democrats-3-trillion-budget-resolution-partisan-fight-chuck-schume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unveiled<\/a> Monday by Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders.&nbsp;While Republicans unanimously oppose the $3.5 trillion spending package, Senate rules forbid budget legislation from being filibustered, meaning that it can pass with just Democratic votes if they all vote in support.<\/p>\n<p>The vote Tuesday came almost immediately after the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/10\/senate-passes-infrastructure-package-dozen-republicans-join-dems-kyrsten-sinema-rob-portman-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed its $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill<\/a> with bipartisan support.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have likened the budget to former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt\u2019s New Deal, touting the massive investments it puts into child care, climate change, immigration reform and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis legislation in so many ways begins to address the working families of our country,\u201d Sanders said on the Senate floor Monday. \u201cBut in one important way, maybe the most important, is as we address the needs of our people in health care and education and climate, we are going to create many millions of good-paying jobs that the American people desperately need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, however, have lamented it as a permanent expansion of the federal government, warning that it would skyrocket the country\u2019s already-concerning national debt, which stands at over $28 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact of the matter is we are talking about a massive expansion of the federal government, literally to give people pretty much free everything,\u201d South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune, the Minority Whip, said on the floor Tuesday. \u201cToday, Democrats are taking the first step toward a massive and permanent expansion of government that would pay for on the backs of ordinary Americans.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/09\/democrats-3-trillion-budget-resolution-partisan-fight-chuck-schume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Sanders Introduces $3.5T Budget Resolution, Dems Preparing For Party-Line Vote)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7257062\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7257062\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7257062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332375402-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332375402-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332375402-183x120.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332375402-620x407-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332375402-768x504-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332375402-1536x1008-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332375402-2048x1344-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7257062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. John Thune speaks at the Capitol Aug. 4. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The multi-hour session includes a \u201cvote-a-rama,\u201d where senators can each offer numerous, politically tricky amendments. Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was the first to introduce amendments Monday night, unveiling 15 that ranged from hiring 100,000 police officers to banning legislation that adopted \u201cgovernment-run universal child care\u201d and restricting federal funding for schools that mandated masks. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/22\/americans-joe-biden-infrastructure-roads-bridges-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Americans Overwhelmingly Want Roads, Bridges And Other Physical Infrastructure. They\u2019re Mixed On Other Provisions)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday morning, Senate Republicans had introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpc.senate.gov\/policy-papers\/fy-2022-budget-amendment-tracker\">over 400 amendments<\/a> in total.<\/p>\n<p>Though there is little Republicans can do to stop the package from passing the Senate as long as all Democrats vote in favor, it may not end up being $3.5 trillion when it does. Several moderates, including Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, one of the lead negotiators for the bipartisan bill, have objected to that big of a figure, potentially jeopardizing the 50 votes it needs.<\/p>\n<p>Many House progressives, however, have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/ilhan-omar-nancy-pelosi-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-american-jobs-plan-chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conditioned their support<\/a> of the bipartisan bill to the Senate also passing the reconciliation package, giving Speaker Nancy Pelosi little room for error with just a three-vote margin. In a bid to hold her caucus together, she has said that she will not bring the bipartisan bill up for a vote until the reconciliation bill is passed, which may not be until October at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate voted to begin debating Democrats\u2019 $3.5 trillion budget resolution, embarking on a marathon session in what is just the beginning of what will likely be an ugly, partisan &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}