It's further a sign that Pelosi is daring moderates to vote against her and face the wrath of their fellow members and outside groups. Despite House Democratic leadership's comments earlier Tuesday, a group of nine moderate Democrats are showing no signs of backing away from their commitment not to vote for the budget resolution without an up or down vote on the infrastructure bill itself. The moderates go along with the Democratic-only proposal to get a vote on the bipartisan bill and the progressives vote for the scaled-down bipartisan bill to get their larger package through the House. In a statement to CNN Tuesday, White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said Biden backed Pelosi's efforts to pass a budget resolution in tandem with the bipartisan infrastructure package that passed the Senate earlier this month. "The President strongly supports the Rule, which provides the mechanism to bring the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Build Back Better plan, and voting rights legislation to the floor," Bates told CNN.

Source: CNN August 17, 2021 15:46 UTC