I'm Still Skeptical
On September 29,. Roll Call ran this headline: Infrastructure vote still on despite reconciliation stalemate Speaker Nancy Pelosi said late Wednesday that the House will move ahead with a Thursday vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, despite massive uncertainty that Democrats can pass it. “The plan is to bring the bill to the floor,” the California Democrat told reporters after she and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer met with President Joe Biden at the White House. Asked whether she would have the votes needed to pass it, Pelosi promised nothing. “One hour at a time,” she said. On September 24, this story ran on Geen Wire: Pelosi confirms vote ‘next week’ on reconciliation package House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed today she’ll bring a multitrillion-dollar reconciliation bill to the chamber floor next week that makes major investments in combating the climate crisis. The California Democrat’s announcement could end the intraparty standoff over ...