Democrats are bracing for an internal battle as the House Budget Committee starts cobbling together its budget for 2020, a blueprint that's expected to put the party's progressive wing at odds with its moderates.
The more-liberal side of the Democratic caucus wants the budget resolution to showcase a broad array of its policy initiatives, including elements of the Green New Deal and "Medicare for all."
Moderate Democrats who won in districts that voted for Trump in 2016 are concerned about signing onto those policies, and the political consequences of backing a budget that endorses them.
ADVERTISEMENT. "Doing a budget resolution that can get 218 votes is going to be a difficult task for us, I don't think there's any question about that," said House Budget Chairman.
Even if the 2020 budget doesn't include Medicare for all in its entirety, progressives want it to carve out a path forward.
The measure has varying levels of support within the party, but progressives could push to include some of its components in the budget resolution.
Yarmuth said that with the GOP's 2017 tax cuts baked in, the budget resolution will not be able to set a path toward a balance budget in 10 years, a common goal when drafting the document.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/budget/430868-dems-face-internal-battle-over-budget
The more-liberal side of the Democratic caucus wants the budget resolution to showcase a broad array of its policy initiatives, including elements of the Green New Deal and "Medicare for all."
Moderate Democrats who won in districts that voted for Trump in 2016 are concerned about signing onto those policies, and the political consequences of backing a budget that endorses them.
ADVERTISEMENT. "Doing a budget resolution that can get 218 votes is going to be a difficult task for us, I don't think there's any question about that," said House Budget Chairman.
Even if the 2020 budget doesn't include Medicare for all in its entirety, progressives want it to carve out a path forward.
The measure has varying levels of support within the party, but progressives could push to include some of its components in the budget resolution.
Yarmuth said that with the GOP's 2017 tax cuts baked in, the budget resolution will not be able to set a path toward a balance budget in 10 years, a common goal when drafting the document.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/budget/430868-dems-face-internal-battle-over-budget
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