House to Vote on Infrastructure Bill: Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks before signing a bill to fund the government avoiding a federal shutdown at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 30, 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Friday morning, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters that the House would vote on the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill during its Friday session. This vote comes as the gap between progressives and moderates continues to widen.

Initially, the House was set to vote on the infrastructure bill, crafted by Senate Republicans and Democrats, on Monday. However, divisions within the party forced Pelosi to delay that vote.

Party Divisions Persist As Pelosi Expresses Confidence

Since early August, moderates and progressives in the House have been playing a game of political brinksmanship with the infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill. Both wings control more than enough votes to tank the other’s priorities.