CNN
By Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Ted Barrett and Jessica Dean
June 24, 2021
(CNN) Senators on both sides of the aisle said Wednesday evening there's an agreement with White House officials and 10 senators on a bipartisan infrastructure deal, with senators planning to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday to discuss it.
The development amounted to a significant breakthrough that could pave the way for passage of a chunk of Biden's domestic agenda -- but there are many hurdles and many landmines ahead.
The details have still not been written -- and liberal Democrats have scoffed at what they view as a paltry plan while many Republicans have yet to embrace the proposal.
And Democratic leaders said after a late-night Wednesday meeting with White House officials that they plan to employ a complex series of parliamentary steps to pass both the bipartisan plan and a much-larger Democratic only approach to dramatically expand the social safety plan. That tactic, they believe, can win over liberals who are angry their priorities were ignored by the bipartisan group.
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