US House delays infra vote as Joe Biden's agenda Bill unsettled

With razor-thin majorities in Congress, Biden's Democrats need almost total unity to pass legislation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi postponed a planned Thursday vote on bipartisan infrastructure legislation amid attempts to strike a deal between progressive and moderate Democrats on the biggest portion of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

The House will reconvene Friday morning in an attempt to vote on the infrastructure Bill with $550 billion in new spending for roads, bridges and broadband that was passed by the Senate with bipartisan support earlier this year. The Senate in a bipartisan August vote passed the $1-trillion Bill, which includes funds for roads, bridges and other infrastructure. Moderates had pushed for a vote this week while progressives