Schumer Sets Deadlines on Infrastructure and Budget Talks (1)

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer set a Wednesday deadline to wrap up talks on both the bipartisan infrastructure package and an agreement among all Democrats on moving forward on a budget resolution.

The New York Democrat’s move puts pressure on Republicans to cut a deal quickly on the $579 billion infrastructure plan and on moderate Democrats to agree to the $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that is moving on a separate, parallel track. Schumer has to manage the tension between moderate Democrats who have led the push for the bipartisan package and the party’s progressives, who don’t want to move forward ...