Infrastructure Read
House Democrats are scrambling to line up the votes needed to push through President Biden’s reconciliation and infrastructure bills.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants a vote as soon as Thursday night on a $1.85 trillion social policy and climate bill, but moderates are pushing back.
Disappointed by a loss in Virginia and a closer-than-expected race in New Jersey, Democrats were working toward quick action on key bills to show they could govern.
“The House and Senate majorities and my presidency will be determined by what happens in the next week,” President Biden told lawmakers on Thursday.
President Biden’s ability to win legislative consensus is being tested by his social spending and infrastructure bills.
President Biden went to the Capitol to detail a compromise on social safety net and climate legislation, but he couldn’t break the liberal blockade on another priority, infrastructure.
The Transportation Department and the state are teaming up on the program, which aims to prevent a repeat of the supply-chain crisis by bolstering ports and other sources of bottlenecks.
Their opposition meant that House leaders were unlikely to be able to muster enough votes to pass the bill on Thursday as they had hoped, despite President Biden’s entreaties.
Democrats struggled to bridge crucial differences over what to include in and how to pay for their social policy and climate plan.
One reader feels “betrayed,” while others say the president is “overreaching” or critique “a piñata full of lofty promises.” Also: Fusion energy; baseball.
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