Pelosi forced to abandon Friday vote on immense social spending bill amid resistance from moderates
Dems instead plan vote on the infrastructure bill and on the 'rule' for considering the social spending legislation, but that may backfire too
By Tyler Olson FOXBusiness
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved to save face with a procedural vote on Democrats' reconciliation bill Friday after an effort to pass it stalled yet again when a small group of moderates demanded the House wait for scores from the Congressional Budget Office.
But that plan, which includes a vote on the infrastructure bill as well, may also backfire on top Democrats due to progressive opposition to passing infrastructure without reconciliation.
Pelosi, D-Calif., and other top Democrats Thursday night and Friday morning had projected confidence that the House would pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the reconciliation bill Friday.
President Biden even got in on the act, asking Hill Democrats "to vote 'yes' on both of these bills right now. Send the infrastructure bill to my desk. Send the Build Back Better bill to the Senate."
But a handful of moderates reiterated demands from earlier this week that the House should wait for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to score the legislation. When those members appeared to dig in, business in the House ground to a halt, leading Democrats to leave open a vote on a motion to adjourn for more than seven hours while they figured out their next move.
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