Source: ROLL CALL, 6/24/21


President Joe Biden may have signed off on a bipartisan Senate infrastructure plan worth $579 billion in new spending. But the next step — selling skeptical senators while simultaneously advancing a reconciliation bill that may total in the trillions of dollars — may prove a difficult needle to thread. The success or failure of the two bills appears linked, with Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer all saying Thursday the bipartisan proposal won’t become law without the reconciliation package.

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