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Biden Backtrack? President Now Says He Will Not Veto Infrastructure Deal

Emily Zanotti
Biden Backtrack? President Now Says He Will Not Veto Infrastructure Deal
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The Biden White House said Saturday that he does not plan to veto a “compromise” infrastructure bill inked in a deal between moderate Republicans and Democrats late last week, despite indications from the White House that the president and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) would tie passing the compromise bill to an agreement not to filibuster other landmark legislation.

“President Biden walked back comments tying the fate of a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure agreement to a separate, Democratic effort to pass a broad anti-poverty plan, recommitting to the bipartisan deal after Republicans threatened to withdraw their support,” The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

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