House Dem: Spending Bill Not About ‘Price Tag’: ‘Let’s Get Our Priorities In, We’ll Figure it Out"

“Some top Democrats and White House officials are floating a $2.1 trillion package, a lot smaller than what you are currently at, $3.5 trillion,” Bash said on the topic of the negotiations. “Are you open to $2.1 trillion?”

“Well, what we have said from the beginning is it’s never been about the price tag. It’s about what we want to deliver,” Jayapal replied. “The price tag comes out of that.”

She acknowledged that the progressives have more negotiating to do, having not convinced a sufficient amount of Senators or settled the disagreements in the House, and said they intend to make sure the “critical” spending they identified is part of the final deal.

“The critical thing is, let’s get our priorities in, and then we will figure out what it actually costs,” she said.