Source: ROLL CALL, 12/16/21


Democratic senators reluctantly acknowledged Thursday that they would soon recess for the year without passing their sprawling $2.2 trillion social safety net and climate spending bill or voting rights legislation.  But Democrats vowed not to go home until they reached a bipartisan deal to end various GOP-led holds on President Joe Biden’s executive and judicial nominees. In particular, Democrats were eager to confirm a slate of Biden’s ambassador nominees.

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