Democrats Aim for Infrastructure Vote This Week

Punchbowl News: “The White House and Democratic leaders hope to get a vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill this week. Right now, we’d put the odds at 50-50 — at most. There are massive issues on the Democrats’ reconciliation package that need to be closed out, a tax proposal that needs to be written and still, we will note, no agreement on the topline spending figure.”

“One other point — If you want to pass an important bill by, let’s say, Wednesday, you needed to have started whipping it already. Like yesterday. And so far, there’s no whipping on BIF due to the lack of a reconciliation framework. We’re not saying it can’t be done. But we’re saying that if you’re going to do it, you need to start pronto.”

“The House Republican leadership believes that fewer than 10 of its lawmakers will vote for this infrastructure bill.”