Progressives win again: No infrastructure vote tonight
By Cristina Marcos,Scott Wong and Mike Lillis - 10/28/21 06:31 PM EDT
House Democratic leaders on Thursday abandoned a second attempt to clear the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill as progressives held firm to their refusal back it without a concrete agreement on a separate social spending package.
It's the third time in about a month House Democratic leadership has punted the bill and it came after President Biden made a rare visit to the Capitol to beseech House Democrats to help him advance his agenda as a matter of demonstrating that American democracy can still function.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her leadership team wanted to clear the bipartisan infrastructure bill to give Biden a legislative victory as he departs for Europe for a Group of 20 meeting and climate change summit, as well as boost Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey.
The bipartisan infrastructure bill would also renew federal highway programs that are currently set to expire on Oct. 31. The House will instead vote Thursday night on another extension through Dec. 3.
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