Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves the chamber after urging advancement of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named for the late Georgia congressman who made the issue a defining one of his career, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Nancy Pelosi
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leaders have compromised with moderates and muscled President Joe Biden’s $3.5 multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle. President Biden praised Tuesday’s 220-to-212 vote as a step toward “truly investing in the American people.”
A band of moderate lawmakers had been threatening to withhold their support for the plan. They were demanding the House first approve a $1 trillion public works package that’s already passed the Senate. House leaders are offering them a Sept. 27 date for a vote on the bipartisan bill as a compromise.
Consideration of the broader Biden package could come this fall.
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