Build Back Better: New bill, same stumbling blocks

Published January 29, 2022 11:00am ET



House Democrats are urging President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats to strike a deal quickly on a new version of the stalled Build Back Better spending bill, but the measure may face the same obstacles that hobbled the bill last year.

The House Progressive Caucus this week called on party lawmakers to pass the Build Back Better act by March 1 “so the president can use the power of the State of the Union platform to share with the nation the relief that people will soon receive,” said Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, in a statement.

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