House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on April 15 that she hopes some Republicans will back President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan but, if not, Democrats are ready to go it alone through the reconciliation process to push through another major piece of legislation.
Pelosi began her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill by talking about the American Rescue Plan, the $2 trillion pandemic relief package that drew zero Republican backing and which Democrats ended up approving via budget reconciliation, a process that had allowed them to sidestep the filibuster in the 50-50 split Senate.
