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November 5, 2021

House Schedules Votes on Infrastructure Bill & Build Back Better Act
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On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scheduled votes today on
the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Democrats' Build Back Better
Act. The votes come after months of negotiations and delays as Democrats
whittled down their expansive social safety and climate package
following myriad objections from conservative Democrats, many of these
coming from Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. Those negotiations
continued into Thursday as President Biden reportedly made calls to a
number of Democratic lawmakers and as questions remained over several
key issues, including immigration and the plan's budget.


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