Biden is meeting with nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers in an apparent effort to broker a compromise ahead of the Monday vote.<\/b>
\nBoth parties are organizing ahead of a planned Monday vote in the House on a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which appears to lack the votes on either side of the aisle to pass. \u201cAs president, he looks for areas of common ground,\u201d Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), one of the progressives scheduled to meet with Biden, told Forbes. Moderate Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) said, \u201cI expect a good conversation, hopefully get to understand each other a little better,\u201d adding, \u201cLast time the president really engaged we got a good infrastructure bill.\u201d Fitzpatrick noted to Forbes that even if the bill fails next week, Pelosi could switch her vote to \u201cno\u201d in order to file a motion to reconsider at a later date, allowing an additional vote on the package. Hoyer said of that suggestion, „The bill is going to pass at one point in time. One way, or the other.“<\/p>\n