Nine Democrats Threaten to Derail Pelosi's Infrastructure and Budget Plan
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Nine moderate House Democrats warned Speaker Nancy Pelosi that they wouldn’t vote for a budget resolution critical to passing Democrats’ $3.5 trillion social policy package unless the House first passes a Senate-approved infrastructure bill. While left-leaning articles highlight that the plan of nine Democratic House moderates could put Pelosi’s plans in jeopardy, right-leaning articles highlight that House Democrats hit back Friday at their moderate colleagues after nine of them said they won't vote to advance their party’s $3.5 trillion budget resolution.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that the plan of nine Democratic House moderates could put Pelosi’s plans in jeopardy. Pelosi for weeks has made it clear that the consensus within her caucus was to hold up the infrastructure bill until the Senate approves a larger Democratic-only bill.
NPR published a centrist article reporting that in a Thursday letter to Pelosi, lawmakers wrote that “we simply can’t afford months of unnecessary delays and risk squandering this once-in-a-century, bipartisan infrastructure package.” The House is scheduled to return the week of August 23 to vote on the resolution.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that House Democrats hit back Friday at their moderate colleagues after nine of them said they won't vote to advance their party’s $3.5 trillion budget resolution. The letter from moderates Friday followed a similar one earlier this week from members of the House Progressive Caucus.