House Vote on Relief Plan May Slip to Saturday

Punchbowl News: “The buzz around the House chamber late Thursday afternoon was that the vote on the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package — aka the ‘American Rescue Plan’ — could slip to Saturday. It’s currently scheduled for Friday, but there seemed to be a bit of skepticism late this afternoon that the vote would proceed on time.”

“House Democratic leaders are scrambling to tweak any provisions in the legislation that could be “fatal” to the reconciliation bill in the Senate under the Byrd Rule, meaning cause it to lose its privileged status under reconciliation.”

“If you see the House Rules Committee delay its meeting on Friday, which is currently set for 9:30 a.m., then you’ll know there’s a problem.”