Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Biden, Democrats work to scale back $3.5 trillion spending plan

Democrats were back at it Friday, doggedly determined to rescue a scaled-back version of President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion government overhaul and salvage a related public works bill after a long night of frantic negotiations resulted in no deal. With only hours to spare, Biden on Thursday evening signed legislation to avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. Congress had passed the bill earlier Thursday.

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