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Big pressure on Biden, Dems to trim $3.5T federal overhaul

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., updates reporters following a Democratic Caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Work continues behind the scenes on President Joe Biden's domestic agenda and a bill to fund the the government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a Democratic policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, as work continues behind the scenes on President Joe Biden's domestic agenda and a bill to fund the the government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after a Republican policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., key moderates, return to the Senate chamber for a vote at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi say they and the White House have agreed to a "framework" to pay for their emerging $3.5 trillion social and environment bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2021, file photo House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth, D-Ky., joined at left by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Big pressure on Biden, Dems to trim $3.5T federal overhaul