Days after Democrats took a beating in off-year elections, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is twisting the arms of holdout centrists in her party to vote Friday on a $1.75 trillion social welfare spending package.
WASHINGTON (AP) With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden on Thursday evening signed legislation to avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. Congress had passed the bill earlier Thursday. The back-to-back votes by the Senate and then the House averted one crisis, but delays on another continue.