House Takes Step Toward Bringing Infrastructure Bill to Floor in September

摘要

As part of a resolution that also dealt with the budget resolution and voting rights legislation, the House on Aug. 24 voted 220-12 to approve a rule to govern floor consideration of the Senate-amended version of HR 3684 (the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), which includes about $65 billion for broadband.The bill passed the Senate on Aug. 11 by a 69-30 vote (TR, Aug. 20).House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), who had previously said she would put the bipartisan infrastructure bill on hold until a budget resolution with Democratic "Build Back Better" legislative goals was also ready for a floor vote, announced in the wake of calls by moderate Democrats for an immediate vote on the infrastructure bill that she would allow the vote by Sept. 27."In consultation with the Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee [Peter DeFazio (D., Ore.)], I am committing to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill by September 27. I do so with a commitment to rally House Democratic support for its passage," she said.