JUST IN: House votes to advance President Biden's infrastructure and jobs plans, after resolving a standoff between leadership and centrist lawmakers, who threatened to block the multitrillion-dollar safety net expansion.
between leadership and centrist rebels, who threatened to block the multitrillion-dollar safety net expansion.
Before the vote, Biden and his senior staff called a variety of House members, including centrist skeptics, to advocate for Pelosi's plan; they stressed that both the infrastructure and budget bills are critical to his agenda, a White House official said. But while moderate Democrats secured a date certain to vote on the infrastructure bill, that doesn't necessarily mean it will pass the House by Sept. 27 if the larger budget bill isn't done by then.
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