Pelosi faces internal Democratic strife as key deadline could sink Biden agenda
CNN
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing a major dilemma: September 27 -- the day she promised a vote on a trillion-dollar infrastructure deal that passed the Senate last month -- is fast approaching.
But no matter how she maneuvers from now until then, a new problem emerges. If, by that date, the House and Senate have not approved a separate, $3.5 trillion package to expand the social safety net, progressives have vowed to sink the infrastructure bill crafted by a bipartisan group of centrists.
Yet there is little chance both chambers can reconcile their vast intraparty differences to pass the $3.5 trillion package within the next eight days, especially given the constraints of shepherding a bill of this magnitude through the legislative process, according to multiple senior Democrats.