Senate Democrats announce $3.5 trillion go-it-alone reconciliation budget agreement

Senate Democrats said they reached a framework for a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation proposal they will attempt to move in the upper chamber without Republican support alongside a bipartisan infrastructure proposal.

“The budget resolution with instructions will be $3.5 trillion,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in a press conference Tuesday night. “Add that to the $600 billion in the bipartisan plan, you get to $4.1 trillion, which is very, very close to what President Biden asked us for.”