Senate Majority Whip Dick Durban says he supports the $3.5-trillion reconciliation bill that has caused a split in the Democrat Party. Leftist Democrats insist that the bill — full of new entitlement programs — must pass either before or along with a smaller bipartisan infrastructure bill.
But Durbin told CNN’s “State of the Union” he’s a “realist” about what can be accomplished, and he acknowledged, “concessions will be made.”