Pelosi Delays Infrastructure Vote to Thursday as Democrats Race to Unite Caucus

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On Sunday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that a vote on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill will be delayed until Thursday. While left-leaning articles highlight that growing rifts within the Democratic party threatened to scuttle a planned vote over the infrastructure bill, right-leaning articles highlight that Biden said there was no guarantee that the infrastructure bill would be passed according to the current plan.

 A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that growing rifts within the Democratic party threatened to scuttle a planned vote over the infrastructure bill. Pelosi delivered her pleas at a private, roughly 90-minute caucus meeting where she and a roster of congressional allies made the case for unity. 

Newsweek published a centrist article reporting that Democrats are scrambling to unify progressives and moderates over the size of the $3.5 trillion spending package. The House will begin debate on the infrastructure framework Monday.

A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Biden said there was no guarantee that the infrastructure bill would be passed according to the current plan. Biden’s remarks showed a lack of confidence that Pelosi’s timeline was set in stone.



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