Pelosi sets Rules meeting on Biden agenda; no infrastructure vote in sight

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Pelosi sets Rules meeting on Biden agenda; no infrastructure vote in sight
By Mike Lillis - 10/27/21 02:43 PM EDT

The House Rules Committee will discuss portions of President Biden's massive social spending package on Thursday, the same day the president is set to head to Europe for a high-stakes global climate summit, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday afternoon.

Yet there remains no agreement on key elements of the nascent legislation, let alone a final legislative text, as liberals and moderates continue to joust over the size, scope and how to pay for the enormous package.

Given the remaining hurdles, the Rules Committee, which typically marks up legislation as the last step before it hits the floor for a vote, is conducting a rare "hearing" instead — a signal that Democratic leaders want to project appearances of major progress in the negotiations without having a final product to unveil.

"[W]e are close to agreement on the priorities and the topline of the legislation, which can and must pass the House and Senate," Pelosi wrote in a letter to Democrats.

An agreement on the social benefits package is crucial to the success of another piece of Biden's domestic agenda: a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that has already passed through the Senate and is awaiting a House vote. Liberals in the lower chamber have blocked that proposal to pressure their moderate colleagues to get behind the larger — but less popular — social benefits package, which is opposed by every Republican in both the House and Senate.

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[Right_in_Virginia]

The House Rules Committee will discuss portions of President Biden's massive social spending package on Thursday, the same day the president is set to head to Europe for a high-stakes global climate summit,

"High-stakes global summit"   

He's already agreed to everything ... and more.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Chad Pergram
@Chad Pergram

4) A markup of a “rule” puts the bill on the floor. A “hearing” is a different animal.

In other words, the Rules Committee will huddle at noon et tomorrow to take testimony from multiple committee chairs, ranking members and other interested members on the social spending plan.


5) This could drift well into the night.

So, even though there is no agreement or even finalized text, Pelosi is signaling to her members that the social spending package is coming down the tracks. It’s BEING finalized. Get on board or get left behind.


7) Taking testimony also gives members a chance to vent and flex their muscles. It lets some of the tension out of the building when they get to come and make their pitch at the Rules Committee.

Sounds like Pelosi has a real mess on her hands.   

[Cyber Liberty]

Sounds like Pelosi has a real mess on her hands.   

She owns it.  So, she's sticking to her boss, AOC's plan of all or nothing.  Well, in that case Pelosi gets nothing and I'm OK with that.  You get nothing, bitch.  Way to shove it up your Rat colleagues' ass in the Senate.  The only Rat Senators looking good are the holdouts, Manchin and Sinema.