Pelosi Keeps 9/27 Infrastructure Bill Vote, But Expects It To Fail As Reconciliation Talks Continue

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) plans to keep her promise of holding a Sept. 27 vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but she expects it to fail because it won’t be coupled with reconciliation, and she plans to bring infrastructure back for a second vote in the fall after negotiating a reconciliation deal with the Senate, lobbyists say. Pelosi wants to tie infrastructure to reconciliation to force moderate Democrats who support the infrastructure bill to also vote for reconciliation. “On...