Pelosi shifts infrastructure bill deadline to 31 October amid Biden frustration

Speaker writes to House Democrats insisting that they will pass both bipartisan bill and wider social and environmental package

The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has set a new deadline for the House to pass a major infrastructure spending bill after a week of negotiations left Joe Biden’s social and environmental policy overhaul plan in a limbo.

In a letter to House Democrats on Saturday, Pelosi said that the House will have until Sunday 31 October to pass the $1tn bipartisan infrastructure bill, which passed the Senate in August.

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