{"id":675429,"date":"2021-08-23T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=675429"},"modified":"2021-08-23T11:35:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:35:43","slug":"house-plans-vote-to-advance-3-5t-budget-despite-moderates-jeopardizing-its-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-plans-vote-to-advance-3-5t-budget-despite-moderates-jeopardizing-its-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"House Plans Vote To Advance $3.5T Budget Despite Moderates Jeopardizing Its Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-plans-vote-to-advance-3-5t-budget-despite-moderates-jeopardizing-its-passage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=675429&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The House is cutting its August recess short and returning to Washington Monday to try and advance Democrats\u2019 $3.5 trillion budget, while internal divisions over its size could potentially tank the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats plan to vote Monday evening on a combined rule that would simultaneously advance the budget, the bipartisan infrastructure bill and their voting bill named for the late Georgia Rep. John Lewis, the iconic civil rights leader. But moderates and progressives in the House have fractured over whether the budget or infrastructure bill should be addressed first, putting both in jeopardy given Democrats\u2019 extremely slim majority.<\/p>\n<p>Nine moderate Democrats again <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/house-moderates-block-budget-infrastructure-law-nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vowed to block the budget\u2019s passage<\/a> if the infrastructure bill was not voted on first, urging their colleagues to \u201ctake the win\u201d and not hold the bipartisan package \u201chostage.\u201d Progressives, however, have said they <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/ilhan-omar-nancy-pelosi-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-american-jobs-plan-chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">will not vote for the infrastructure bill<\/a> unless the budget is passed first, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that she will hold a vote on the budget first in an attempt to retain their support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn support of President Biden\u2019s vision to Build Back Better, we must move quickly to pass the budget resolution this week,\u201d Pelosi said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/82121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dear Colleague letter<\/a> Saturday. \u201cIt is essential that our Caucus proceeds unified in our determination to deliver once-in-a-century progress for the children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny delay to passing the budget resolution threatens the timetable for delivering the historic progress and the transformative vision that Democrats share,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7266209\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7266209\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7266209 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234322962-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has indicated that a vote to pass the budget could come as soon as Tuesday. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234322962-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234322962-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234322962-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234322962-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234322962-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234322962-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7266209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has indicated that a vote to pass the budget could come as soon as Tuesday. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The moderates, however, have remained defiant, putting the blame on progressives who instantly said they would oppose the infrastructure bill without a vote first on the $3.5 trillion spending bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenge we face right now is that there is a standoff with some of our colleagues who have decided to hold the infrastructure bill hostage for months, or kill it altogether, if they don\u2019t get what they want in the next bill \u2014 a largely undefined $3.5 trillion reconciliation package,\u201d they wrote. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/16\/nancy-pelosi-floats-infrastructure-budget-simultaneously-moderates-progressives-feud-chuck-schumer-congress-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Pelosi Floats Passing Infrastructure And Budget Simultaneously As Moderates And Progressives Feud)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The group of nine first stated their <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/house-moderates-block-budget-infrastructure-law-nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opposition<\/a> to Pelosi\u2019s strategy on Aug. 13, putting Democratic leadership in a tough spot as they have tried to keep their caucus united. Pelosi even inquired about passing both the budget and infrastructure bills simultaneously, but the group rejected that solution.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/10\/senate-passes-infrastructure-package-dozen-republicans-join-dems-kyrsten-sinema-rob-portman-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed<\/a> the infrastructure bill on Aug. 10, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/11\/senate-adopts-democrats-budget-3-5-trillion-congress-bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed<\/a> the budget on a party-line vote just before 4 a.m. the next day. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has said that the final vote to pass the budget could come as soon as Tuesday, giving leadership little time to ensure enough Democrats vote in favor to overcome all but certain united opposition from Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House is cutting its August recess short and returning to Washington Monday to try and advance Democrats\u2019 $3.5 trillion budget, while internal divisions over its size could potentially tank &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-675429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}