Pelosi Confronts Last-Minute Hang-Ups on Biden Agenda Votes

Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to keep Democrats on track for votes Friday on President Joe Biden’s economic package and a separate infrastructure bill with last-minute negotiations to ensure full party support.

Despite months of intra-party tension and negotiations, Pelosi and Democratic leaders were still contending with 11th-hour changes and demands from party moderates for a full cost estimate of the bill. Biden said at the White House that he would be making calls to lawmakers.

“I’m asking every House member, member of the House of Representatives, to vote yes on both these bills right now,” the president said.

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