This Week in DC
Democratic leaders are trying to nail down an agreement this week on President Joe Biden’s Build Build Better package of social spending and climate policy ahead of his pivotal trip to Europe for a G-20 summit and the international climate conference in Glasgow.
Getting a deal on the spending package, if not a final vote, is seen as critical to getting progressives to vote for the Senate-passed infrastructure bill that has been stalled in the House since August. The Democratic leadership’s goal is to pass the infrastructure bill by this coming Sunday, when a temporary extension of highway spending programs expires.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was pressed Sunday on CNN's State of the Union to say whether there would be both a deal on the Build Back Better bill and approval of the infrastructure bill this week. "That's the plan," she replied.
Getting a deal on the spending package, if not a final vote, is seen as critical to getting progressives to vote for the Senate-passed infrastructure bill that has been stalled in the House since August. The Democratic leadership’s goal is to pass the infrastructure bill by this coming Sunday, when a temporary extension of highway spending programs expires.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was pressed Sunday on CNN's State of the Union to say whether there would be both a deal on the Build Back Better bill and approval of the infrastructure bill this week. "That's the plan," she replied.
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