Biden implores Democrats to vote ‘yes’ on both spending proposals

By Katherine Doyle

Published November 5, 2021 4:32pm ET

Biden implores Democrats to vote ‘yes’ on both spending proposals — President Joe Biden urged Democrats to get behind his sweeping legislative packages and said he would press lawmakers over the phone Friday. Biden said he would call lawmakers and answer questions once the packages had both passed. Some Democrats criticized the president for failing to press liberal lawmakers in the House to vote for his […]

President Joe Biden urged Democrats to get behind his sweeping legislative packages and said he would press lawmakers over the phone Friday.

Biden said he would call lawmakers and answer questions once the packages had both passed. Some Democrats criticized the president for failing to press liberal lawmakers in the House to vote for his infrastructure bill before leaving for Europe last week.