House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday backed off her pledge to bring the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill up for a vote on Monday, …
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday backed off her pledge to bring the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill up for a vote on Monday, saying she won’t do it if the votes aren’t there. “I’m never bringing to the floor a bill that doesn’t have the votes,” Pelosi said on ABC News’ “This W e ek.” “You cannot choose the date. You have to go when you have the votes in a reasonable time, and we will,” she said. But the California Democrat insisted that “we’re going to pass the bill this week.” Pelosi last Friday said she would bring the measure up for a floor vote on Monday under pressure from moderate Democrats who have tied its fate to the sweeping $3.5 trillion spending plan. Both are key parts of President Biden’s agenda. Moderates want the bipartisan measure to pass first, but progressive Democrats are pushing for a vote first on the $3.
