Pelosi forced to abandon Friday vote on immense social spending bill amid resistance from moderates

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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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[Cyber Liberty]

It's dead, Jim.

[skeeter]

Hope she pops a vein.

[Free Vulcan]

Batscat Nancy goes down in flames again, and I'm sure it's all the fault of those dastardly, insidious, and nefarious bourgeoisie Republican capitalist pigs.

[HoustonSam]

Batscat Nancy goes down in flames again, and I'm sure it's all the fault of those dastardly, insidious, and nefarious bourgeoisie Republican capitalist pigs.

It's obviously another white supremacist plot designed to perpetuate the systemic racism that is America's essence.

[Hoodat]

Pelosi forced to cancel vote on infrastructure bill for third time

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced Friday for the third time to postpone a planned vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.

The plan to vote fell apart after moderates in the House Democratic Conference demanded the Congressional Budget Office provide a cost analysis, or “score” for the companion, nearly $2 trillion climate change and social spending bill.

In response, the members of the conference’s progressive wing said they’ll now wait to vote on the Senate-passed infrastructure bill.

“If our six colleagues still want to wait for a CBO score, we would agree to give them that time, after which point we can vote on both bills together,” said Washington Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.  .  .  .

https://thinkcivics.com/pelosi-forced-to-cancel-vote-on-infrastructure-bill-for-third-time/

[rustynail]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VkrUG3OrPc 

House Democrats have now gotten 215-212 on the point of order, which will allow them to proceed if they can
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[GtHawk]

I guess Queen Nan has lost her mojo, her new theme song should be The Old Gray Mare.
Oh the old grey mare
She ain't what she used to be
Ain't what she used to be
Ain't what she used to be
The old grey mare

Might be fun if someone played the music around her.