What’s next for Democrats’ $1.85 trillion Build Back Better bill after infrastructure passed

The House has sent a $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to President Joe Biden’s desk. But congressional Democrats still have more work to do in the coming weeks and months to deliver the other half of Biden’s first-year legislative agenda, the nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better Act that covers a number of social spending provisions.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now aims to pass that bill next week, when some Congressional Budget Office assessments of the bill could be released. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said he wants to pass the bill in the Senate by Thanksgiving.