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
the goal was and the announcement was that this vote on both of these bills could happen as early as tuesday, that being a vote on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill as well as the $1.75 trillion economic package, that they would go together. well, now we are hearing, my colleague daniellea diaz, a potential delay here. saying we have made extensive progress on prescription drugs and others that were not in the text. at this point we will need additional time to craft language and get final agreement with all parties involved. this language was supposed to go today rules committee on monday. that is now being pushed back and this vote will also be pushed back. we will see how this all unfolds. there are three criteria that have to happen. first, the progressive democrats