pelosi can change her mind in terms of how the vote schedule works, she can force the vote but also said she is not going to put it on the floor unless it has the votes to pass. republicans are not going to give the speaker much if any help, they want democrats to fight this out and do this on their own. where this goes next is unclear but it is a major reversal. she s moving from siding initially with progressives to siding with the centrists in trying to get this infrastructure bill passed and she and president biden have a lot of work to do in terms of getting the votes to make sure it actually happens on thursday. nancy pelosi doesn t do anything in a vacuum, john. we know progressives have threatened over and over to tank the hard infrastructure bill because they do not trust moderates to pass the human infrastructure bill down the line. now that pelosi has shifted, does that mean that she s got progressives on board or is she risking it all? no, she is short of the votes. rig