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Uncertainty surrounds budget resolution as it heads to House

CQ Budget, Ep. 213

Some House moderates have signaled they could withhold votes for the budget resolution unless Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill first.
Some House moderates have signaled they could withhold votes for the budget resolution unless Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill first. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Jennifer Shutt, Paul M. Krawzak and Evan Campbell
Posted August 13, 2021 at 12:52pm

The House is set to take up the budget resolution the week of Aug. 23, but moderates are threatening to block the tax and spending blueprint unless leaders first hold a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and Paul M. Krawzak discuss the latest.

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