White House says Biden will sign infrastructure bill as soon as he gets it
By Morgan Chalfant - 11/05/21 03:59 PM EDT
White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday that President Biden wouldn’t wait to sign the infrastructure bill and would sign it after it passes the House.
“If the infrastructure bill is passed today, he will sign it,” Jean-Pierre told reporters during a briefing Friday afternoon. “It’s important to get that done for the American public.”
Jean-Pierre stressed, however, that both the infrastructure bill and broader spending package are “critically important” to Biden.
“He wants to move both of them forward as quickly as possible,” she said.
The House is not expected to vote on the infrastructure bill until later this month after House progressives rejected a plan to vote on the rule setting up debate for the spending package, and the infrastructure bill on Friday, while putting off a vote on the substance of the broader spending bill until later in the month.
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