Nancy Pelosi and her team had hoped to muscle through both the infrastructure bill and social spending proposal, but Democratic leaders had to partially abandon those plans Friday
After a multi-day whipping bonanza, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team dramatically altered course on Friday to satisfy a handful of recalcitrant moderates who refused to back President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social spending bill.
"If our six colleagues still want to wait" to vote on a party-line social spending bill in order to give time for a budget score, Jayapal said, "we would agree to give them that time — after which point we can vote on both bills together." “We’re going to go and vote on the bipartisan infrastructure [bill], and we’re going to vote then" on the rule for debating for the social spending bill, Beatty added. “And then we’re going to continue to work together as an entire caucus.”
“I'm a no,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib . When asked if she'd change her own stance against separating the two bills on the floor, Rep. Cori Bush replied “absolutely not.” Members on Pelosi's left flank have insisted for months that the social spending bill move together with the infrastructure proposal, and liberal opposition, helped scuttle previous attempts to move the infrastructure bill forward over the last two months.
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