Source: ROLL CALL, 10/22/21

Democrats ended the legislative week Friday without a “framework” agreement on their partisan spending and tax package, but leaders said they’d continue negotiating through the weekend on a handful of unresolved issues. Optimism was so high that Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters the House may vote on the budget reconciliation package next week.  “I’m hopeful,” the California Democrat said. “There are many decisions that have to be made. I would say that more than 90 percent of everything is agreed to.”

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