The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to move forward a key part of President Joe Biden’s agenda: a massive, $3.5 trillion plan to expand social programs like Medicare, tackle climate change and fund pre-K and community college.But the narrow vote — 220 to 2012 — signaled the tricky process facing the White House and Democrats in the month ahead, as leaders try to appease the various wings of the party.A group of House moderates threatened to withhold their support for the budget resolution until they obtained a guarantee that the House would pass a separate, $1.2 trillion infrastructure package by Sept.
27. That bill would fund such things as roads, bridges, rail and water improvements, as well as a massive expansion of broadband.H
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