especially to everyone in the united states house of representatives because for them friday has actually just started. for most of us today we were all of us living in friday, october the 1st. however in the united states house of representatives it was still thursday. it was september. you ll recall that we spent all of yesterday waiting for a vote in the house on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. the roads and bridges bill. that vote never came and yesterday felt endless. but in the weird arcane time space continuum that governs the u.s. house it turns out that yesterday really was endless. as in, it did not end. until tonight. let me explain this to you. when lawmakers left capitol hill last night to get a few hours of sleep because their work wasn t getting done, before coming back this morning to keep working toward a deal, they did not adjourn the house like they do at the end of a workday. instead they went into a recess. which kept the house in the thursday, septem
but in the weird, arcane time space continuum that governs the u.s. house, it turns out that yesterday really was endless as in, it did not end until tonight. let me explain this to you. when lawmakers left capitol hill last night to get a few hours of sleep because their work was not getting done, before coming back this morning to keep working toward a deal, they did not adjourn the house like they do at the end of the workday. instead, they went into a recess which kept the house in the thursday september 30th legislative day even though as the earth outside its windows continue to turn on its axis into our friday october 1st, in a parallel universe, if you will. you knew nancy pelosi had many powers, but you didn t think that she could actually control time. but as extraordinarily long as that thursday was, and as it comes to an end, and as capitol hill joins the rest of us, here in the month of october, we know one thing, the vote on that roads and bridges bill that spea
travel restrictions. hello and welcome, everyone. it is friday, october the first, and president biden begins this month with his ambitious domestic agenda in turmoil. a crucial vote never took place on thursday to authorize $1.2 trillion to fix america s roads as well as bridges. that bill already cleared the senate with bipartisan support, and house passage should have been really a sure thing. the party progressives are refusing to support the infrastructure bill until they get a firm deal on a sweeping as well as extensive plan to dramatically expand social programs and address climate change. and without their support, well, house leaders had little choice but to postpone thursday s vote. here s cnn s ryan nobles on cal to hill. reporter: the vote did not happen. this despite speaker nancy pelosi s plan to vote on a bipartisan infrastructure package in the house of representatives. ment speaker waited until 10:00 on thursday night to say there would be no vote, and
last night. progressive unity creating new leverage in their bid to pass this much larger, much vaster expansive working of the americans social safety net. that is a hope, but it s a risky move that leaves president biden s domestic agenda hanging in limbo. house progressives dug in after joe manchin expressed his view on the $3.5 trillion. moderates keeping hope alive on a separate vote for infrastructure, josh gottheimer tweeting, it ain t over yet. negotiations are still ongoing. we have team coverage this morning starting with cnn s daniela diaz on capitol hill. daniela, democratic leaders calling a recess, forging ahead. what is going to happen today? a crazy day yesterday. what s going to happen today? reporter: well, i cannot emphasize this enough, guys. it s not it s a totally unclear what s going to happen today. house speaker nancy pelosi governs with a heavy hand. she controls her caucus with a heavy hand. this is what we have known since these been a democr
no deal. no vote on the bipartisan infrastructure deal. it turns out the old if you don t give me what i want, then i won t give me what i want is a complicated negotiating position. now, there is a chance it could change the next few hours. as for this moment, for democrats, this is a huge problem, embarrassment, humiliation. those are the words being tossed around this morning. and all self-inflicted at that. known miracle work house speaker nancy pelosi worked late into the night but could not come up with a deal to bring the wings of her own party together. no miracle yet, which means no roads, bridges, bipartisan infrastructure bill yet. progressives downsizing their social safety net bill as they run straight into a brick wall called joe manchin. the west virginia senator saying i really meant it when i said $1.5 trillion is as high as i can go, and you can take it or leave it. all of this threatening to blow up president biden s stkphefbg agenda. lawmakers are set to