Biden Can Go Without GOP on Families Plan, Experts Say (1)

Most of President Joe Biden’s sweeping new social-spending program should be able to clear Congress with only Democratic support, according to experts reviewing Senate rules.

That would give the $1.8 trillion “American Families Plan,” unveiled on Wednesday, a greater chance of enactment than some of Biden’s other initiatives -- like those on policing, voting rights and gun control, which cannot benefit from the fast-track procedure known as reconciliation.

Democrats would still need to keep all 50 members of the caucus united to pass the bill through the Senate, something they were able to do with the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 ...