The Democratic-controlled House and Senate will have only 10 legislative days to meet the October 31 deadline to pass both the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and a spending bill known as the Build Back Better Act - originally projected to cost around $3.5 trillion but is likely to be cut down to $2.2 trillion (or perhaps even lower) to get wider support - amid a standoff between progressives and moderates in the party over the scope and final price tag.

Among the major investments, the “hard infrastructure” bill includes funding for roads and highways, bridges, broadband development, water support, and airport projects, while the “human” spending bill provides funding to fight climate change, Medicare expansion, and free two-year community college.

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“General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from COVID-19,” the Powell family wrote on Facebook.

“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather, and a great American,” they said, noting he was fully vaccinated.

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Tomorrow, a Democratic-controlled House select committee investigating the events of January 6 will vote on charges of criminal contempt against Trump’s former top man Steve Bannon for defying a congressional subpoena - another source of controversy on an unsteady Capitol Hill.

The tweet has been retweeted and likes over 15,000 times, shared widely among Biden supporters who want to see climate changes passed.

The main sticking point at the moment is funding to fight climate change, namely the $150 billion Clean Energy Performance Program which would pay utility companies that switch from fossil fuels to renewables and fine those that don’t.

Another is the promise of health care expansion and limits on the price of prescription drugs. The bill, as proposed, will add vision, hearing, and dental benefits to original Medicare and include the ability for Medicare to negotiate drug prices, which are often criticized for being overinflated.

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Sanders said that “when you’ve got 48 people who want to do something and two who don’t,” then “it is not a 50-50 compromise”.

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Biden will be hoping that his Democratic colleagues can find a solution to the impasse around the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill - namely on climate change - before October 31 deadline is hit and leaves his political strategy out in the cold.

Figures Ocasio-Cortez retweeted, from the People for Bernie campaign, show that she was able to gain more funding through small donations by supporters.

The aggressive tweet signals a deep rift within the Congressional party - particularly over climate change measures.

Another opponent of the most radical elements of the bill is Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema, who last week threatened to vote against it unless the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill was passed beforehand.

The moves prompted sharp criticism from the pair’s progressive colleagues, who accused Sinema of “putting corporate lobbyists before people” and suggested moderates are “allowing the planet to burn”.

But rows over which projects and causes should receive the most money - and how much to spend overall - are threatening to derail the plan and cause significant damage to the White House’s political strategy ahead of the mid-terms.

Biden has hinted that he expects the bill to shrink to around $2 trillion in total - something progressives see as a cut too deep compared to the original plans.

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