Democratic leaders are racing to project momentum on turbulent negotiations over President Joe Biden’s social spending plans as Congress hurtles toward critical deadlines next week.
So far, though, those last-ditch efforts to tout unity are only fueling more confusion.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday delivered a cryptic announcement that they had agreed to “a framework” of options to pay for their social spending ambitions, raising questions in all corners of the party about precisely who had signed off, on what and for how much.
