President Biden and Speaker Pelosi made a hard push, but House Democrats don’t have the votes to pass the $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill tonight:
🚨🚨NEW from me and @bresreports: THE HOUSE will vote on a short-term extension of surface transportation authorization TONIGHT
Then they will leave for the weekened and come back next week to consider infrastructure
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 28, 2021
Democrats appear to be heading toward a deal over the next week, but Pelosi herself said that it would be an embarrassment to Biden if Democrats didn’t pass the infrastructure bill tonight:
New — Pelosi told her members: “Don’t embarrass” the president by voting down the infrastructure bill as he flies overseas, I’m told
She also said she would put the infrastructure bill on the floor today and hold the vote open to get the bill through.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 28, 2021
Rep. Connolly recapping Biden remarks today:
"Translation: I'm going to Rome. I want to get off that plane, and disprove Putin and Xi, who say democracies can't get anything done. I'd like to have something at hand to disprove that. Translation, pass the infrastructure bill."
— Sarah Ferris (@sarahnferris) October 28, 2021