Making sense of Democratic attempts to slim down spending bill

As Democrats in Congress haggle over the price tag of their ambitious spending legislation, competing factions of the party have advanced different strategies for slimming down the size of the bill.

President Joe Biden has become active in negotiations between centrists and liberals over the package originally set to cost $3.5 trillion, floating a price range to progressives that would bring the overall cost down closer to $2 trillion in a series of closed-door negotiations.