New Capitol Hill Protest Looms as Democrats Face September Packed with Big Obstacles to Passing Biden Agenda

The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 8, 2021. Reuters/Sarah Silbiger

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) likely put a smile on President Joe Biden’s face on Sept. 7, with an extraordinarily ambitious schedule for completing the key panel’s part of the president’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” spending plan.