House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants the budget plan passed first so that a group of nine moderates don't scale back provisions and gut portions of the bill after the infrastructure package is already passed. File Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/UPI | License Photo Aug. 23 (UPI) -- House lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill Monday, temporarily…
The lower chamber has been on recess for most of the month and was away when the Senate passed two pieces of legislation critical to Biden’s plans — a $1.2 trillion infrastructure agreement and a $3.5 trillion budget spending plan.
Both plans were passed by the Senate and require House approval to be sent to Biden’s desk.
The hangup is this — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and progressives want the chamber to first pass the spending resolution, which calls for funding many social, economic and healthcare initiatives. Then, the House would pass the infrastructure package.
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