Nine moderate House Democrats threaten to vote against a $3.5-trillion budget blueprint unless the bipartisan infrastructure bill is approved first.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced a fresh hurdle Friday to passing President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar domestic policy aspirations, as nine moderate Democrats threatened to derail a budget blueprint crucial to much of that spending.
Democrats have too much at stake to let internal turmoil sink their domestic ambitions, but it was initially unclear how leaders would untie the knot. With Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer facing a similar balancing act between moderates and progressives in his chamber, Biden may eventually need to play a more forceful role to prod rank-and-file lawmakers into line.
Biden has consulted with his legislative affairs team about his economic plan’s pathway in the House, the White House said.The Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill includes funding for water programs in the West and money to help combat wildfires. The House will return to Washington from its summer recess on Aug. 23 to vote on the budget blueprint and perhaps other legislation, giving Biden, Pelosi and other leaders time to decide their next move.
Congressional passage of the $3.5-trillion budget blueprint ultimately seems certain because it’s a necessity for Democrats. Without it, Senate Republicans would be able to use a filibuster or procedural delays to kill the actual bill that would follow.
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