A senior aide who disclosed the update on the condition of anonymity said they were confident they could complete the measures by Friday. Late Thursday night, Democratic leaders postponed a vote on the measure to Friday, when they also hoped to clear a Senate-passed $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill for President Biden’s signature. WASHINGTON - House Democrats are scrambling to line up the votes needed to push through a $1.85 trillion social safety net, climate and tax bill, as moderate Democrats, spooked by Tuesday’s electoral drubbing, have raised concerns about the cost and details of the rapidly evolving plan. So now we’re going to pass both bills, but in order to do so, we have to have votes for both bills and that’s where we are.” 31 deadline, and I thought that was eloquent, but not enough, I guess. I really was very unhappy because we head into Oct. But we, I think many of you know, I was really very unhappy about not passing the BIF last week. As I said, it made me very proud, and was inspired by just once again hearing the depth of knowledge and breadth of vision of our colleagues. That was the purpose of our meeting this morning. People need to familiarize themselves with it. And as I said to you before, 90 percent of this bill has been agreed to - House, Senate, White House - and written.
But the fact is that our members are engaged in very thoughtful deliberation with each other. Reporter: “Is it possible that you might just vote on the infrastructure bill, considering everybody seems to be bought in and saying it’s ready for a vote?” “No.” Reporter: “OK, so - do you anticipate a vote on Build Back Better today, and what are the big hurdles you have to overcome?” “I’ll let as soon as I wish to. Speaker Nancy Pelosi ruled out the possibility of voting only on the infrastructure bill. Transcript House Democrats Struggle to Push Through Biden’s Domestic Agenda House Democrats still need more votes to pass both the infrastructure, and social safety net and climate bill.
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