| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | Dems face internal battle over budget | 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.”
But 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. Blue Dog Democrats, for example, prioritize reining in the nation’s exploding debt and will have to worry about voting for a budget that would lead to a $1 trillion deficit. | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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