The president canceled a trip to Chicago in an attempt to salvage a pair of bills containing trillions of dollars in spending on infrastructure, education, climate change and more.
With a bipartisan infrastructure bill set for a Thursday vote in the House, a campaign by business groups and some Senate Republicans to secure G.O.P. support may be the measure’s last hope.
Don't let the Democrats spend themselves into oblivion.
The party must keep the government funded, stave off a default, push a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to President Biden and secure the votes for a defining climate change and social policy bill.
The move amounts to a gamble that liberals who have balked at allowing the infrastructure bill to move on its own will support it in a vote on Thursday.
“What the country really needs is some sort of Biden-Get-Your-Groove-Back campaign.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California announced that the House would take up the $1 trillion bill on Thursday, hours before government funding is scheduled to lapse.
The top two Democrats in Congress face a daunting pile of legislative imperatives. With President Biden’s agenda hanging in the balance and few votes to spare, can they get it done?
The top two Democrats in Congress face a daunting pile of legislative imperatives. With President Biden’s agenda hanging in the balance and few votes to spare, can they get it done?
An infrastructure vote had already been planned for Monday, and top Democrats said they also intended to take up their larger social policy and climate package.
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