The Senate parliamentarian rejected the latest proposal Thursday to include immigration reform in the Build Back Better Act — another blow to President Joe Biden's immigration agenda.
WASHINGTON – The Senate parliamentarian rejected the latest proposal Thursday to include immigration reform in the Build Back Better Act — another blow to President Joe Biden's immigration agenda.
The Build Back Better legislation is a wide-ranging package of Democratic social spending priorities, which includes free preschool, initiatives to fight climate change and affordable housing programs. The House passed the roughly $2 trillion legislation on a 220-213 vote in mid-November just before the Thanksgiving recess.
Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M. and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., issued a joint statement Thursday pledging to continue to pursue options to include immigration reform in the reconciliation bill.
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