“I’m never bringing a bill to the floor that doesn’t have the votes.” “We’re going to pass the bill this week,” Pelosi said of the public works legislation on ABC’s “This Week” program yesterday.
Party leaders are continuing to negotiate among factions on the second bill encompassing much of the rest of Biden’s plans. Last night, she told House Democrats in a letter that the infrastructure legislation will be voted on Thursday. But progressives-whose votes are likely vital-are insisting on progress first on the bigger social-spending bill. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) put the infrastructure bill on the schedule for today under pressure from moderates eager to get the bipartisan bill, which has already passed the Senate, enacted. House Democrats are moving toward a showdown this week over President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, with a planned vote on a $550 billion infrastructure package that has riven the caucus in two and still more negotiations on broader tax and spending plan.
