And there remained confusion about the voting schedule, which will be crucial. 'We're going to pass both bills,' she told reporters.īut she did not spell out how she and her Senate counterpart, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would resolve disagreements and distrust between their party's moderate and progressive wings that's stalled both measures.
One is a still-evolving $3.5 trillion package of social safety net and climate programs, the other a separate $1 trillion measure financing highway, internet and other infrastructure projects that's already passed the Senate with bipartisan support. On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., predicted passage of both pillars of Biden's domestic agenda.
Using carefully chosen words, top Democrats have seemed to be trying to create a sense of momentum as House votes approach. The president's acknowledgment of Democrats' disagreements - and they have serious differences over taxes, health, climate change and the ultimate price tag - contrasted with congressional leaders' more upbeat tone in recent days. Biden said the process is 'going to be up and down' but 'hopefully at the end of the day I'll be able to deliver on what I said I would do.'
