Democratic Rift Persists Ahead of Showdown on Biden Agenda
- Bipartisan infrastructure bill in danger of failing to pass
- Progress on tax, spending agenda lags behind leaders’ goal
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27.
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Democrats remained deeply divided late Monday as they struggled to close an intra-party split that threatens this week to blow up President Joe Biden’s economic agenda.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Biden have been calling lawmakers to resolve differences between moderates and progressives that are stalling votes on a $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill and a much larger tax and social spending measure.