The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to move forward a key part of President Joe Biden’s agenda: a massive, $3.5 trillion budget plan to expand social programs like Medicare, tackle climate change and fund pre-k and community college.
But the narrow vote — 220 to 212 — signaled the tricky process facing the White House and Democrats in the month ahead, as leaders try to appease the various wings of the party.
A group of House moderates, led by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-nj), initially threatened to withhold their support for the budget resolution until there was a vote to pass a separate, $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. That bill would fund such things as roads, bridges, rail and water improvements, as well as a massive expansion of broadband. In the end, what the moderates got was a promise by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold a vote on the infrastructure package by Sept. 27.
Pelosi said in a statement,...
But the narrow vote — 220 to 212 — signaled the tricky process facing the White House and Democrats in the month ahead, as leaders try to appease the various wings of the party.
A group of House moderates, led by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-nj), initially threatened to withhold their support for the budget resolution until there was a vote to pass a separate, $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. That bill would fund such things as roads, bridges, rail and water improvements, as well as a massive expansion of broadband. In the end, what the moderates got was a promise by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold a vote on the infrastructure package by Sept. 27.
Pelosi said in a statement,...
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