Full steam ahead:
"We're moving full speed ahead," Schumer said on a call with reporters. "We are moving forward on this bill."
Manchin has also been privately suggesting to his colleagues
that $1 trillion-$1.5 trillion is the price tag he could accept in the Democrats' reconciliation bill, according to a source who has spoken to him. He also suggested the 2017 tax law — which he opposed — could be amended to raise enough taxes to ensure the bill is fully paid for, the source said.
Schumer dismissed these concerns to reporters on the call Wednesday.
"There are some in my caucus who believe $3.5 trillion is too much. There are some in my caucus who believe it's too little," he said. "And we're going to work very hard to have unity, because without unity, we're not going to get anything."
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