By True Pundit
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., was caught on a hot mic telling Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that the budget reconciliation process would âmost likelyâ be needed to get an infrastructure package into the end zone.
While at a Monday press conference featuring Buttigieg, Cardin was caught on a C-SPAN mic saying that Democrats will âmost likely have to use reconciliationâ to push an infrastructure package through Congress.
Cardin also told Buttigieg that the infrastructure bill will be constructed in a âsimilarâ way to the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that President Biden signed last week.
Sen. Ben Cardin, as heard on a C-SPAN mic, tells Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that Democrats will âmost likely have to use reconciliationâ on an infrastructure package as they did with the Covid relief bill.
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âUltimately, itâs going to be put together similar to how the American Rescue Plan was put together âŠ,â Cardin was caught saying. âMost likely, weâre going to have to use reconciliation.â