Pelosi: Inflation numbers ‘only add urgency’ to pass Biden agenda

By Kate Scanlon

Published December 10, 2021 5:11pm ET

Pelosi: Inflation numbers ‘only add urgency’ to pass Biden agenda — The highest inflation increase in nearly 40 years is proof President Joe Biden’s agenda needs to pass urgently, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday. Republicans, meanwhile, painted that same agenda as responsible for rising consumer costs. The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index rose by 6.8% without seasonal adjustments compared over a 12-month period ending in […]

The highest inflation increase in nearly 40 years is proof President Joe Biden’s agenda needs to pass urgently, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday.

Republicans, meanwhile, painted that same agenda as responsible for rising consumer costs.

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