Democrats Love Their $3.5 Trillion Bill—Whatever You Want to Call It
For months, Democrats in Congress have been working tirelessly on a sweeping, multi-trillion-dollar spending package. And yet, they still don’t know what to call the thing.
That may seem like a minor issue. Democrats, after all, can’t stop talking about what is in the bill, from huge expansions of Medicare programs to tax cuts to new child-care benefits. But the ill-defined branding may warn of political challenges ahead.
If you ask six Democratic senators what to call the legislation—as The Daily Beast did this week—you’ll get six different answers.