A Delicate Compromise in the Capitol

The Daily

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🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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President Biden and Democratic leaders say they have an agreement on a historic social spending bill that they have spent months negotiating. But liberals in Congress demanded assurances that the package would survive before they would agree to an immediate vote on a separate $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Today, we explore why compromise remains a work in progress. Guest: Emily Cochrane, a correspondent based in Washington.

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0:28.4	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernice.
0:35.8	This is The Daily.
0:43.3	Today President Biden and Democratic leaders say they have an agreement on a historic
0:49.4	social spending bill that they've spent months negotiating.
0:53.5	That is my colleague Emily Cochran explains it remains a work in progress.
1:02.4	It's Friday, October 29th.
1:08.6	Emily on Tuesday, our colleague Jonathan Weissman told us about Democrats' huge social spending
1:15.2	bill.
1:16.2	It was the biggest bill since the 1960s and it had been scaled way back.
1:22.5	And we know that process left progressives and moderates at loggerheads.
1:28.6	Catch us up in what's happened between then and now when we're recording with you Thursday
1:33.9	afternoon.
1:35.9	So, since Tuesday, there's been a lot of back and forth about many different aspects
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