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Chris Murphy: “Why let Republicans decide the size of an infrastructure bill, when reconciliation is a perfectly legitimate process…”

On the recordJune 10, 2021
Why let Republicans decide the size of an infrastructure bill, when reconciliation is a perfectly legitimate process used unapologetically by the GOP when they were in power to do a bill that will actually make a difference? It’s not cheating to use the rules.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
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msnbc.com

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Chris Murphy criticized the idea of allowing Republicans to determine the size of an infrastructure bill, advocating for the use of reconciliation.

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