: House moves toward passing infrastructure, social-spending bills today

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The House of Representatives gaveled in early Friday as Democratic leaders were hoping to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill that previously cleared the Senate, along with President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion social-spending and climate package.

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measure, known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, would go to Biden to get signed into law upon House passage, but the social-spending package, called the Build Back Better Act, is likely to be changed in the Senate, where portions of it face opposition from West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin.