WASHINGTON—Democrats faced fresh intraparty disagreements over the details of their $3.5 trillion healthcare, education and climate bill, as House Democrats began releasing drafts of segments of the legislation in a race to attempt to complete it in the coming weeks.

Democrats are hoping to construct the wide-ranging bill—which aims to significantly expand the nation’s social safety net, reduce carbon emissions and raise taxes on companies and high-income households—by the end of the month. To do so, lawmakers are trying to pre-emptively sort through differences between House and Senate Democrats over many of its provisions, a task that has so far proven difficult.

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