Nancy Pelosi’s Push for Quick Votes on Bills Hits Snags

The timetable for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring up Democrats’ healthcare, education and climate package slipped to Friday after lawmakers hit snags on immigration and the state and local tax deduction. The California Democrat initially told House Democrats in a closed-door meeting on Thursday that she hoped the House would vote on the bill later that day, and then vote on the Senate-passed infrastructure bill on Friday, according to people familiar with her remarks. Progressives have been blocking the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill until they were satisfied with the language in the social-spending and climate-change bill…. (Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal)