But on Thursday night, we saw that perhaps Pelosi - confronting the reality within her caucus - wasn’t as eager to decouple the two votes as moderates thought.
House centrists swore up and down that the speaker would keep her word and hold the BIF vote, regardless of the status of the BBB. It didn’t materialize in a final form, but sources say they made progress, with Manchin and Sinema hunkering down in the basement of the Capitol and poring over the proposal late into the night.Ģ) Moderates come up short - for now. She spent the day working with White House aides to sketch out a BBB framework that would appeal to the two moderate senators while freeing House progressives to vote for the BIF. After weeks of folks waiting for President JOE BIDEN to deliver Manchinema, the speaker got in the driver’s seat Thursday. Here’s what to watch as we head from one crazy day on Capitol Hill into another:ġ) Pelosi takes over. KYRSTEN SINEMA (D-Ariz.) and JOE MANCHIN (D-W-Va.) over the still-not-final reconciliation package (aka BBB) at the heart of progressives’ reluctance to pass the BIF at this moment. after a flurry of late-night meetings trying to strike a deal with Sens. Speaker NANCY PELOSI delayed the roll call just before 11 p.m. NO DEAL - So much for that make-or-break Thursday vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill (aka BIF).
Build Back Better is being significantly narrowed as Democratic leaders try to figure out a way forward for President Joe Biden's agenda.
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