Pelosi, Schumer Scramble to Advance Spending Bills Amid Looming Deadlines

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attempted a partisan maneuver earlier this year by linking the Senate’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure agreement with the House’s larger $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package, preparing for a simultaneous vote on both bills. That action has instead deepened rifts between moderates and progressives in her party, however, and Democratic leaders in both chambers are reportedly scrambling to clean up the mess they created. According to Breitbart, Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are navigating with multiple deadlines rapidly approaching and no signs of compromise on the forefront. As for the infrastructure bill, it has…