Democrat says Friday vote 'not looking good'
By The Hill staff - 11/05/21 08:00 AM EDT
The House will convene at 8 a.m. Friday to begin work on passing President Biden's $1.75 trillion social spending and climate package, which has been stuck in a battle within the party between liberals and centrists fighting over its size and shape.
The internal battles, which have also gridlocked a bipartisan infrastructure bill already approved by the Senate, have been blamed for pulling down Biden's approval ratings, and for a dismal showing by the party in Tuesday's off-year elections, when Democrats lost the governor's race in Virginia — where Biden won by 10 points just a year ago.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hopes to see the House pass both the spending package and the infrastructure bill on Friday, sending the latter to the White House for Biden's signature.
The former would go to the Senate, where it is likely to be subject to more changes.
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