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Pelosi pushes speedy timeline to pass massive spending package

By Susan Ferrechio
Published September 10, 2021 9:36pm ET
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Pelosi pushes speedy timeline to pass massive spending package
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified. | AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

Top Democrats won’t waste any time advancing a massive social welfare spending package when they reconvene this month.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told fellow Democrats in a visual conference call on Friday that she hopes to begin consideration of a $3.5 trillion social welfare spending package as soon as Sept. 20, the day lawmakers return from their summer recess.

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