Democrats can’t afford to lose a single vote along the way.
The Senate is expected to begin work Wednesday on President Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package amid disagreements within the Democratic caucus on some of the bill’s key elements. Here’s everything you need to know. “We’ll have the votes we need to pass the bill,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday doubled down on the GOP’s opposition to the plan (and Democrats’ use of the reconciliation process).
