Nine moderate House Democrats tripled down on their threat to not vote for the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill until the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill gets a vote.
Writing in the Washington Post: “Time kills deals. This is an old business saying and the essence of why we are pushing to get the bipartisan infrastructure bill through Congress. … We are firmly opposed to holding the president’s infrastructure legislation hostage to reconciliation, risking its passage and the bipartisan support behind it.”
Playbook: “The standoff has chilled relationships between the speaker and her moderates such that over the past few days, they were barely speaking. Pelosi’s camp says the speaker has been in direct contact with at least some members of the group, but sources close with the group say she has not contacted most of them directly.”
Punchbowl News: “Key members of the moderate crew told us Sunday night they won’t, under any circumstances, back down.”
