A request by moderate Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to see a nonpartisan estimate of the cost of President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social policy and climate-change bill held up a potential vote on the bill on Friday.
Weeks of bickering between moderate and progressive Democrats have held up the bills. Biden on Friday for the first time publicly called on the House to vote on the bills today.
Asked when the votes would occur, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters, "We're working on it." He added that a CBO report on the $1.75 trillion bill would not be done by Friday. An affirmative vote would bolster the credibility of Biden's pledge to halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 during the U.N.Biden, who left for Europe last week for the climate conference and a meeting of G20 leaders without a deal on the legislation, spent part of Thursday night calling various House members and urging them to approve the $1.75 trillion reconciliation bill, a White House official said.
With razor-thin majorities in Congress and a united Republican opposition, Democrats need unity to pass legislation.in August with 19 Republican votes, would fund a massive upgrade of America's roads, bridges, airports, seaports and rail systems, while also expanding broadband internet service. "This is potentially a very black day for America," said Republican Representative Glenn Grothman, who characterized the legislation's child-care and preschool provisions as a “Marxist” effort to have the federal government raise children.
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