'The bill is going to pass at one point in time. One way, or the other,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said.
With the necessary votes thus far failing to materialize for a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal that the House is set to vote on this Monday, some lawmakers are already discussing the possibility that the bill be brought up again at a later date.Key Facts
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick , the GOP co-chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus , who supports the bill, toldit “could fail on Monday and then it gets reconsidered,” adding that “some people think that's a likely outcome here." Fitzpatrick said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could switch her vote from “yes” to “no” in order to file a motion to reconsider later on, pointing to an example in 2018 in which then-Speaker Paul RyanHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, speaking to reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday evening, did not rule out that possibility, stating confidently that the bill “is going to pass at one point in time. One way, or the other.
The comments come as the odds of the bill passing on Monday look increasingly bleak, with progressives claiming to have dozens of votes against it unless a $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill is passed by both chambers beforehand – an unlikely prospect.he’ll support the infrastructure bill if it’s decoupled from reconciliation, but added “it doesn’t look like it’s going to be,” and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers a member of the moderate Governance Group, said she plans to vote no.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal , the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, emerged from a meeting with Pelosi on Tuesday hinting that the vote may be postponed, noting Pelosi has a reputation for not bringing bills onto the floor that are “going to fail.”
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