Democrats curb spending appetite in bid to win key centrists

Published July 15, 2021 10:30am ET



After weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations, Senate Democrats announced a $3.5 trillion budget plan that outlines their spending wish list for the next decade.

The price tag was far below Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders’s initial proposal that would have spent up to $6 trillion on an array of social programs, including free childcare, money to care for the elderly, expanded Medicare services, and free college.

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