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Pelosi takes step to quell moderates’ budget rebellion

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By ALAN FRAM
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is proposing a procedural vote that would set up future passage of two budget measures crucial to President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. Her plan represents an attempt by Democratic leaders to quell a rebellion, at least for now, by unhappy party moderates. Pelosi suggests in a letter to Democrats on Sunday that the House will take a single vote that would clear a hurdle for both a budget resolution and a separate infrastructure bill. The budget blueprint would open the gate for Congress to later consider a separate, $3.5 trillion bill for health, education and environment programs. Nine centrist Democrats say they will oppose the budget resolution until the House first approves a $1 trillion infrastructure package. 

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