Source: WUNC 11/19/21


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other top Democrats say the vote on a multitrillion-dollar spending package is a step forward for President Biden's agenda. The House voted on near-party lines Friday morning to approve a roughly $2 trillion social and climate spending package, ending months of squabbles among Democrats over the details of the far-reaching measure. The vote was 220-213, with one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, joining all Republicans in opposition.

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