- Senator’s says he’s not willing to approve spending on social programs
- Pelosi says chamber will vote on infrastructure bill tomorrow
- Schumer says he will not use reconciliation to suspend debt ceiling
- Trump plans to sue to keep White House records on Capitol attack secret
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Asked by reporters if the infrastructure vote would still happen tomorrow, despite a lack of agreement on a reconciliation package, House speaker Nancy Pelosi said “that’s the plan.”
She’s taking negotiations and planning “one hour at a time”, she said.
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As a Democrat representing Republican-leaning West Virginia, Joe Manchin has consistently maintained that his moderate politics prevents him from fully embracing many of the reforms and social spending that make up Biden’s platform.
But in his home state, the Democrats’ $3.5tn reconciliation plan is immensely popular.
Related: In deep red West Virginia, Biden’s $3.5tn spending proposal is immensely popular