Democrats are making some hard choices about their signature spending plan in order to satisfy key moderates in the Senate, slashing the topline cost from $3.5 trillion to between $1.5 and $2 trillion.
Several of Biden’s campaign promises have been abandoned altogether, such as providing free community college and instituting a clean electricity standard with penalties for utilities that don’t comply.
Other programs that were initially going to be permanent will instead be set to expire in a year or two, like the expanded Child Tax Credit and expanded Medicaid.
