Democratic Leadership Downplays Threats to Passage of Budget, Infrastructure Bills, Rank and File Still Uncertain

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) talks with reporters as she leaves a lengthy Democratic caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol building as negotiations continue on the fate of the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Oct. 1, 2021. Leah Millis/Reuters

As divides between Democratic moderates and progressives continue to threaten the passage of the infrastructure and budget bills, Democratic leaders insist that the two pivotal pieces of legislation will pass.

On Friday, President Joe Biden went to the House to negotiate between the two wings.