Pelosi says House will vote on spending package despite liberals’ concerns

By Susan Ferrechio

Published September 24, 2021 4:31pm ET

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Pelosi says House will vote on spending package despite liberals’ concerns — 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

House Democrats say they’ll try to pass the embattled infrastructure and social welfare spending package next week despite intraparty differences over the deal and little coordination with the Senate.

In a memo to fellow party lawmakers on Friday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House Budget Committee will convene on Saturday to advance a $3.5 trillion social welfare spending package that liberals are demanding the House pass ahead of a vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package.

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