Money matters: $3.5 trillion at risk

Published September 28, 2021 5:05pm ET



With Republicans now having blocked a Senate vote on raising the debt ceiling, the two other pressing needs of the moment (and the hopes of the Biden administration) seem more uncertain than ever. As Doug McKelway reports, the president’s trillion-plus dollar infrastructure package and his $3.5 trillion expansion of the social safety net with “Green New Deal” components remain captive to the push and pull of his party’s diverse, unruly caucus.