Democratic Plans Stall in Senate as Party Confronts Power Limits

Key elements of the Democratic agenda are in danger of being buried in the Senate as lawmakers wrangle over the social spending package and with Congress scheduled to be in session for only some 30 more days this year.

A broad swath of party priorities leaders say will prove popular are included in that massive piece of legislation they’re rushing to finalize and in the bipartisan Senate-passed infrastructure bill. But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are likely to put off work on immigration, policing, gun control, and other issues of great interest to the Democratic ...