this language was supposed to go to the rules committee on monday. that is now being pushed back, which also means that this this vote will also be pushed back. and so, we will see how this all unfolds. there are three criteria that have to happen. first, the progressive democrats are looking for reassurances from those moderate senators that, yes, they are onboard, that they will vote for the language, the text of this much bigger bill, the social spending bill. they are asking for explicit language, a written statement. senator bernie sanders saying that over the weekend. secondly, they want both of these bills to be voted in tandem. that is back on the plate here. that was not the case on thursday when house speaker nancy pelosi called for the vote for the infrastructure bill. now, they say they will do that together. check that box. and of course, the most difficult thing for progressive democrats, to let go of some of those policy priority initiatives that were apart of
are looking for reassurances from those moderate senators that, yes, they are on board, that they will vote for the language, the text of this much bigger bill, the social spending bill. they are asking for explicit language, written statements. senator bernie sanders saying over the weekend. secondly, they want both of these bills to be voted in tandem. that is back on the plate here. that was not the case on thursday when house speaker nancy pelosi called for the vote for the infrastructure bill. now they say they will do that together, check that box. of course, the most difficult thing for progressive democrats, to let go of some of those policy priority initiatives that were a part of the negotiations and a part of that bill. part of that is going to be regarding family and medical paid leave, whether or not that survives and also whether or not medicare will be able to negotiate with drug companies about lowering drug prices.