House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday suggested she will blow up the bipartisan infrastructure bill if the Senate does not also pass a \u2026<\/b>
\nHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday suggested she will blow up the bipartisan infrastructure bill if the Senate does not also pass a reconciliation bill. When asked how she is trying to quell the concerns of the progressive members of her caucus, the 81-year-old California Democrat essentially said she is willing to blow up the deal if their demands are not met, demanding a reconciliation bill to pass Democrat agenda items without the threat of a GOP filibuster. \u201cIt\u2019s as I said. There won\u2019t be an infrastructure bill unless we have a reconciliation bill, plain and simple.\u2026 There ain\u2019t going to be an infrastructure bill unless we have the reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate,\u201d she said, with her remarks garnering approval from far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY): ???? Pelosi says she is going to blow up the bipartisan infrastructure bill unless the Senate raises taxes to fund her liberal wishlist ???? pic.twitter.com\/MixITgLLjE Mike Berg (@MikeKBerg) June 24, 2021 ???????????????????????? https:\/\/t.co\/Y7AS2qCLuT \u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 24, 2021 \u201cLet me be really clear on this: we will not take up a bill in the House until the Senate passes the bipartisan bill and a reconciliation bill,\u201d Pelosi emphasized. \u201cIf there is no bipartisan bill, then we\u2019ll just go when the Senate passes a reconciliation bill.\u201d President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that lawmakers struck an infrastructure deal, with a \u201cgroup of senators \u2014 five Democrats and five Republicans\u201d forging an agreement that he claims will create \u201cmillions of American jobs.\u201d The bipartisan group included Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Coons (D-DE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Jon Tester (D-MT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Todd Young (R-IN). We\u2019ve struck a deal. A group of senators \u2013 five Democrats and five Republicans \u2013 has come together and forged an infrastructure agreement that will create millions of American jobs. \u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) June 24, 2021 The announcement comes on the heels of what White House press secretary Jen Psaki described as \u201cproductive\u201d meetings between a bipartisan group of senators and senior White House staff on Wednesday, in which they outlined a \u201cpotential agreement.\u201d The tentative agreement reportedly includes $559 billion in new funding.<\/p>\n