Dem hopes for infrastructure vote hit brick wall
| Democratic leaders scrambling for an infrastructure vote this week to boost two Democratic gubernatorial candidates hit a brick wall on Tuesday, when the head of the Progressive Caucus said liberals will oppose the popular public works bill until a larger benefits package is finalized.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) emerged from an hour-long meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) amplifying her long-held position: Progressives won’t support a bipartisan infrastructure bill, known as the BIF, before there’s agreement on every detail of the social spending package at the heart of President Biden’s domestic policy agenda. |
