Democrats scramble to satisfy centrists with Biden’s agenda on the line

Members work into night to pare back $3.5tn economic package amid stalemate between moderates and progressives

Democrats pushed late into the evening on Thursday as they sought a path forward for Joe Biden’s $3.5tn economic agenda, working to cobble together a pared-back version that would satisfy centrist holdouts.

The late-night wrangling appeared unlikely to give way to a promised vote on a slimmer $1tn public works package that was scheduled for Thursday. The delay underscored the fragile state of the negotiations, as the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, tried to break a stalemate between moderates, who are pushing for a vote on the infrastructure bill, and progressives who believe it would be insufficient without the broader social policy package.

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