Pelosi delays vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill until Thursday
Washington — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a new date for the vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, after committing to moderate Democrats in August that the vote would take place by Monday, September 27.
On Sunday, in a “Dear Colleague” letter, the speaker told Democratic lawmakers the House would begin debate on the bill on Monday and hold the vote on Thursday.
Democrats in Congress are facing a critical week on Capitol Hill as they seek to navigate internal divisions that could endanger President Biden’s domestic policy agenda, all while staring down a fast-approaching deadline to avoid a lapse in government funding before the month’s end.
In a letter to House Democrats a day earlier, on Saturday, Pelosi laid the groundwork for the consequential week in Congress, writing that “the next few days will be a time of intensity” as Democrats seek to usher through a short-term funding bill to…
