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And water features left in this particular steeplechase. and of course thats separate from and in addition to the bipartisan infrastructure bill. much smaller bill thats still being endlessly negotiated between some republican senators and some democratic senators in the senate. we have yet to see if anything actually comes of those negotiations. im not holding my breath. but the democrats-only bill they can use a budget technique to pass that with zero republican votes in the senate as long as ...

But the democrats-only bill, they can use a budget technique to b pass that with zero republican votes in the senate as long as all 50 democratic senators can hang together. and they do have at least a framework agreement to do that to the tune of $3.5 trillion. progressives are pretty excited today about the top lines of this proposed bill. the deal that democratic leadership announced late last night includes big changes, bige policy advancements that would have a big material impact on millio...

For the national debt? big picture here. >> great point. i mean, it makes it grow a lot. the trump tax plan has been analyzed to add something between 4 and $6 trillion to the national debt. if you go back to george w bush, and he used this budget technique, and democrats also use, to be fair, to push through a tax cut that significantly worsened our fiscal accounts and thats the scenario i see coming under president-elect trump as well. >> a lot of number crunching to see if it will all work ou...