Pelosi indicated Tuesday that Democrats are eyeing a double-barrel approach: trimming both the number of priorities in their social spending package as well as cutting back on the length certain programs would be funded. Democratic leaders hope the two-prong plan can dramatically cut the package from its initial price tag of $3.5 trillion to a spending target Senate moderates are comfortable supporting.

But top progressives didn’t hide their exasperation, both with the pace of the talks and what little they have heard from two key negotiators — Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.)…

Democrats are increasingly anxious about the enormous obstacles to completing the package in the coming weeks, with pressure building to deliver a key Biden priority amid his lagging approval ratings. Privately, some Democrats fear that the sprawling bill could spill over into the December of hell, when the party will also need to pass a trillion-dollar government spending bill and avoid a debt crisis.