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Congress is forging ahead with a $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill. The measure has received bipartisan support, but many conservatives warn that now is not the time to put America in even more debt.\xa0\nThe government has increased America\u2019s national debt by $5.2 trillion just since the start of 2020, but \u201cadding to that with two more multitrillion-dollar spending packages over and above what they've already spent, that threatens to return us to the kind of inflation that we haven't seen in decades,\u201d says David Ditch, a policy analyst in The Heritage Foundation\u2019s Center for the Federal Budget.\xa0\nIn addition to the $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill, Democrats are also striving to pass a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package, which includes funding for universal day care, tuition-free community college, and climate change initiatives, among many other things.\n\u201cIt's important to understand the $3.5 trillion package \u2026 would be the largest piece of legislation in the history of the world,\u201d Ditch says.\xa0\nDitch joins "The Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to explain what\u2019s in each bill and the effect such aggressive spending will have on the American people.\xa0\nWe also cover these stories:\xa0\n\nSenate Democrats announce a $3.5 trillion budget they hope to pass through reconciliation, an obscure maneuver that would allow them to get it through the Senate with just 51 votes, sidestepping Republican opposition.\n\nOne of the women who say New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually assaulted them comes forward to tell her story to the public in detail.\n\nThe United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases a new report full of dire predictions.\n\n\nEnjoy the show! \n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.