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    Democrats’ social spending bill falters ahead of year-end deadline

    by Jennifer Haberkorn and Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times Dec 16, 2021 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON — Democrats’ hopes of pushing their social spending and climate bill through the Senate by Christmas are faltering amid intraparty division, a potentially significant setback for President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority.

    Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., had set Christmas as his deadline to advance the bill through the Senate. But with the vote tally falling short and important procedural work still undone, the growing reality on Capitol Hill is that the holiday deadline will slip, leaving Senate Democrats with no choice but to come back in January and try again.

    The blown deadline is not fatal for Biden’s agenda. In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., canceled planned votes on

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