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Hakeem Jeffries: “It`s my sense that the overwhelming majority of members certainly support a parallel track approach. We want to make…”

On the recordAugust 23, 2021
It`s my sense that the overwhelming majority of members certainly support a parallel track approach. We want to make sure we get the bipartisan infrastructure deal done. At the same time, we want to make sure that the budget reconciliation package, which is an instrumental part of President Biden`s Build Back Better agenda related to other portions of the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan also gets over the finish line.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York
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msnbc.com

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Jeffries discusses the support among House Democrats for a dual approach to passing both the bipartisan infrastructure deal and the budget reconciliation package.

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