Source: THE HILL, 8/21/21


Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Saturday that the lower chamber is "hard at work" to pass both a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a larger, Democrat-backed spending package by Oct. 1.  In a "Dear Colleague" letter distributed Saturday night, the Speaker stated that the "Build Back Better" plan laid out by President Biden enjoys "a broad and bipartisan level of public support throughout the country." Pelosi stated that the $3.5 trillion price tag for the larger infrastructure package, a legislative priority for the Biden administration, will remain the topline number for the bill.

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