Policy

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., hold up the budget reconciliation bill during the enrollment ceremony in the Capitol on Friday, Aug. 12. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

Budget bill clears as Democrats seek to head off midterm losses

House vote on reconciliation bill caps off more than a year of promises, negotiations, false starts and surprises

By Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss

Posted August 12, 2022 at 5:41pm