‘A good, decent chance’: Schumer downplays party squabbling over spending package

Published August 11, 2021 4:50pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will settle their differences and pass a $3.5 trillion spending package in September despite warnings from key centrists that the price tag is too high and complaints from liberals that it falls short.

“We’ve got a chance,” Schumer told reporters on Wednesday. “It’s a good, decent chance.”

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