By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN
Democrats in Congress are pushing ahead with a sweeping multi-trillion-dollar 10-year spending plan that marks the latest step in their drive to expand education, health care and childcare support, tackle the climate crisis and make further investments in infrastructure.
Thirteen House committees are crafting the legislation that will make up the massive package in coming days, with a target of submitting detailed bills by September 15. Democratic leaders hope to hold a floor vote later this month.
Party leaders are hoping to use the annual budget process to push through a major broadening of the nation’s social safety net envisioned in President Joe Biden’s jobs and families proposals that has been blocked by Republican opposition.
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Unlike the Democrats’ infrastructure package, which was passed by 69 votes in the Senate and is currently awaiting a vote in the House, the budget plan is unlikely to gain bipartisan backing — but it can go through reconciliation, which under Senate rules means it can be passed with 50 Democratic votes alone. GOP lawmakers have already lashed out at the size of the budget blueprint and multiple provisions the Democrats are considering. But some moderate Democrats are also raising red flags.
The Senate Budget Committee, which released a framework agreement over the summer, says that the investments will be fully offset by a combination...
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