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Pelosi caves, punts vote on bipartisan infrastructure bill to Thursday
Hot Air ^ | September 27, 2021 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 09/27/2021 8:15:36 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

Infrastructuremas hasn’t been canceled … at least not yet. The prospects for the bipartisan infrastructure bill don’t exactly look cheery, however, as Nancy Pelosi caved at least in part to the progressive House caucus. Instead of the vote scheduled today for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill, Pelosi has pushed it off to Thursday — the same day that Congress has to act to forestall a government shutdown:

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: california; congress; infrastructure; infrastructurebill; nancypelosi; taxhike
So what happens on Thursday? Another punt?
1 posted on 09/27/2021 8:15:36 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Deemed passed on some sort of procedural trick. They are pulling out all of the stops to get this thru without actually holding a vote.


2 posted on 09/27/2021 8:17:31 AM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: frogjerk

“Deemed passed” is borderline criminal, imo.


3 posted on 09/27/2021 8:18:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: PJ-Comix

>So what happens on Thursday? Another punt?

Hopefully a massive failure by the Democrats


4 posted on 09/27/2021 8:26:39 AM PDT by struggle
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To: PJ-Comix

It’s so bipartisan that it can’t pass.


5 posted on 09/27/2021 8:36:51 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: struggle

i’m sure it was punted because they don’t have the votes, yet.

Ever notice how seldom Congress actually votes and rejects a bill? If a bill doesn’t have support, they generally will just not vote on it, rather than vote it down. I’m sure that’s where they are now, not having enough support yet to pass it.


6 posted on 09/27/2021 8:38:09 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

>I’m sure that’s where they are now, not having enough support yet to pass it.

Yeah, Pelosi doesn’t have the votes. There’s too many people wanting different things and trying to earmark everything they can because they know on Sept. 30th, it’s down to the line.

If you see Pelosi do a conference on Wed., it’s got to be going very badly for her.


7 posted on 09/27/2021 8:48:17 AM PDT by struggle
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To: PJ-Comix

Nanzi doesn’t have the votes. We are winning. Keep the pressure on. No to the infrastructure bill. No to the budget. No to the debt ceiling. Yes to massive cuts in government programs and spending.


8 posted on 09/27/2021 8:55:08 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("Goats are like mushrooms. Because if you shoot a duck, I'm afraid of toasters." - Joe Biden)
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To: PJ-Comix

She is going to hold the GOP-e hostage knowing they will fold.


9 posted on 09/27/2021 9:02:46 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: PJ-Comix

VOTE AGAINST THIS MONSTER...


10 posted on 09/27/2021 9:03:49 AM PDT by GOPJ (Same people who supplied pallets of bricks for BLM are supplying tent poles for illegals.)
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It is only a matter of time before they agree to squander $5 trillion dollars.


11 posted on 09/27/2021 9:04:17 AM PDT by Brian Griffin ( )
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More like a betrayal than a cave. She promised the centrist Democrats a vote today on the infrastructure vote today to get their vote on the budget resolution a few weeks ago. She made a deal and now is not honoring it.


12 posted on 09/27/2021 9:05:31 AM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Pelosi has specifically stated she will never bring a vote to the floor of the House unless she already has the votes to pass it.

Pelosi said she may not hold vote on infrastructure bill on Monday as planned if it doesn't have the votes

"I'm never bringing a bill to the floor that doesn't have the votes," she said.

13 posted on 09/27/2021 9:23:46 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: struggle
There’s too many people wanting different things and trying to earmark everything they can because they know on Sept. 30th, it’s down to the line.

What's the deal with the Reconciliation Bill and Sept. 30? Is the bill dead after that date?

14 posted on 09/27/2021 10:47:31 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (Frank Luntz's Head Rug Is Transitioning to Muskrat)
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To: struggle

“Hopefully a massive failure by the Democrats”

Full scale “Blame the Republicans” media effort. The talking points will begin tomorrow evening. Funny, they do this on the day of the shutdown vote.


15 posted on 09/27/2021 11:00:32 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I got the shot. Not because I wanted to. Because I had to, in violation of my civil rights.)
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