Progressives Balk at Pelosi Plan to Speed Vote on Infrastructure
- Liberal lawmakers holding out for text of larger spending plan
- House leader seeking to round up votes as soon as Thursday
Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington, speaks to members of the media outside of the U.S Capitol in Washington, on Oct. 21.
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House progressives on Thursday dug in on their threat to oppose a $550 billion infrastructure bill if Speaker Nancy Pelosi brings it to a vote before they go through legislative text of a separate, $1.75 trillion tax and spending package and are assured it could pass the Senate.
By mid-afternoon, the House had posted a 1,684-page bill containing much of President Joe Biden’s social-spending plan, a hopeful sign that that measure could move quickly. But key Senate holdouts Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona had not yet endorsed the legislation.