House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) takes questions as she holds her weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters at the Capitol in Washington, July 22, 2021.
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The House scrapped a planned Monday vote to advance two key economic proposals as centrist Democrats and party leaders failed to break a stalemate over how to proceed with President Joe Biden’s sprawling economic agenda.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has pushed to pass a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and her party’s separate $3.5 trillion spending plan at the same time. The process could take months, as the House needs to join the Senate in passing a budget resolution before lawmakers write a final proposal.
Nine members of Pelosi’s caucus urged the California Democrat to approve the Senate-passed infrastructure legislation this week and send it to Biden’s desk. Pelosi wants to pair the bills to ensure the centrists wary of a $3.5 trillion price tag and progressives who consider the infrastructure plan inadequate back both measures.
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Democratic leaders have a tiny margin for error as they try to pass their plan to expand the social safety net without a Republican vote. They will need to win over all 50 members of their Senate caucus and all but three Democrats in the House.
In a letter over the weekend, Pelosi told Democrats she aims to pass both the infrastructure bill and Democrats’ spending plan before Oct. 1.
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