Budget Reconciliation Won't Happen Quickly: Marc Short
Marc Short, Former Chief of Staff to Former Vice President Mike Pence, discusses House Republicans still working on a framework for their Budget Reconciliation Bill and the on-going debate if the legislation will be one or two bills. He talks about what will possibly be omitted from the Budget Reconciliation that the President wants, how a second Trump presidency compares to the first, and his view on President Trump pardoning the January 6th insurrectionists. Marc Short speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on Bloomberg's "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
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