The Case for a Smaller Reconciliation Bill
Impatient progressives have pinned their ambitions on the massive social spending bill Democrats want to pass through “reconciliation,” a special track for bills that avoids the Senate’s dreaded filibusters. The Democrats’ $3.5 trillion package would “touch virtually every American’s life, from conception to aged infirmity,” as The New York Times put it, offering such benefits as paid leave...
