Dems to the GOP on budget reconciliation: 'Good luck'
Just four years ago, Democrats were hotly debating how to enact President Joe Biden’s ambitious legislative agenda, facing similar issues.
By Nicholas Wu and Daniella Diaz
01/06/2025, 4:05pm ET
As House Republicans publicly grapple over how to advance President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, House Democrats are looking across the aisle with some schadenfreude.
Just four years ago, Democrats were hotly debating how to enact President Joe Biden’s ambitious legislative agenda as they faced similar problems — a tiny legislative majority and the gauntlet of the Senate parliamentarian. Democrats ultimately ended up splitting the agenda into two separate bills, pandemic aid legislation and a massive social spending package, and the legislative wrangling consumed much of the first two years of Biden’s presidency.
Hill Republicans are debating whether to try to pass one budget reconciliation bill with all of their border, energy and tax priorities, or to split it into two packages. President-elect Donald Trump has advocated for one bill while also keeping the door open to the two-bill strategy.
And some Democrats are doubting Republicans will be able to get anything done.
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