Democratic Lawmakers Push Laundry List of Bills After Returning from Break | EWTN News Nightly

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Lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill after the holiday break. However, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Richard Blumenthal have COVID, and Senator Leahy is out recovering from hip surgery. This complicates the Democrats' push to pass a laundry list of bills before the August recess. Some of the items on the list include another multi-billion dollar COVID relief package, a smaller Build Back Better Act and a chip manufacturing bill. Schumer is getting the ball rolling on a nearly $1 trillion reconciliation package. He's working with Senator Joe Manchin to allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug costs, including insulin. The plan may also include climate change provisions and repealing some of President Trump's 2017 tax cuts. But Republican Senator Rick Scott says these Democrat priorities are ruining the country. He says "We've got to cut taxes, we've got to reduce government, we've got to make sure that the government's accountable. Become energy independent. We can get inflation down, but not with the Democrats reckless spending, constant, constant, constant spending." Capitol Hill Correspondent, Erik Rosales reports. EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf