Paving the way for Biden’s $2 trillion bill to pass with a simple majority To go the way of budget reconciliation and bypass the filibuster

Forbes reported that Senate parliamentarians said Monday that the proposed “revised budget resolution for the $2 trillion bill could include budget reconciliation instructions,” meaning that Democrats could break the filibuster without Republican support and simply use the budget reconciliation path to pass two more bills this year, paving the way for Democrats to pass Biden’s infrastructure bill this year.

The Senate Parliamentarian is the official advisor to the U.S. Senate on the interpretation of the Standing Rules of the U.S. Senate, as well as on parliamentary procedure. The current Senate Parliamentarian is Independent Elizabeth MacDonough (D-MA), appointed in 2012 by then-Majority Leader Democrat Harry Reid (D-NV).

Because the infrastructure bill is scheduled to take months to move from the House to the Senate, Democrats have not decided whether they will use reconciliation, but Schumer’s office called the ruling “an important step” and said “there is a critical path for Democrats to use if needed.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has fiercely fought to get rid of the filibuster in order to advance the left’s radical agenda. Last month, Democratic senators bypassed Republicans and took care of Biden’s $1.9 trillion “Communist Viral Relief Act” through budget reconciliation, a route that requires only a simple majority to pass a bill.

The Gateway Pundit writes that Democrats could probably use the same reconciliation to ram through Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure package, which has almost nothing to do with infrastructure.

Even if Democrats choose to split the $2 trillion bill into multiple bills and use a simple majority vote on budget reconciliation, they could still run into trouble, Forbes says. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Monday that Democrats did not have the votes to pass Biden’s tax hike, and that he and “half a dozen” other Democrats opposed the corporate tax hike in the bill.

The lawmakers’ ruling is a key step in Democrats’ push for infrastructure legislation, potentially opening the way for Democrats to pass new legislation without a Republican vote. A Democratic Senate aide familiar with the lawmakers’ ruling said Monday that more rulings may be needed before Democrats can use the reconciliation process to advance infrastructure legislation. The aide said.” This is just the opening salvo in a long and complicated process.”

Republicans argue that Democrats are abusing the reconciliation process.