Moderate Democrats Want Infrastructure Bills Delinked

“Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to link the Senate’s $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure plan to a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package is starting to backfire, as moderate Democrats warn they may not vote for a budget resolution needed to begin the reconciliation process unless it’s paired with a vote on the Senate bill,” Roll Call reports.

​​”At least half a dozen Democrats have expressed reservations about voting for the budget resolution if Pelosi declines to bring up the bipartisan infrastructure bill after the Senate sends it to the House — although each with varying degrees of commitments.”

“The strongest was a ‘hell no’ from Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), who had already planned to vote against the budget resolution because he’s opposed to the level of spending.”