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The House of Representatives will not vote Thursday night on the infrastructure development bill a, hours after President Biden introduced the revamped $ 1 climate change and social spending plan. 75 trillions of dollars, though Nancy Pelosi , the Speaker of the House, had announced that the infrastructure plan could also be voted on Thursday, according to CBS News.
Introducing the social spending and climate change bill in the early hours of Thursday, Biden urged Democrats to come together. The renewed plan does not include offering 12 weeks of paid family leave or free community college and it was also left out to allow Medicare to negotiate the prices of prescription drugs.
The White House released details of the plan, known as Build Back Better Act , as the president prepared to leave for Europe on Thursday to attend two major world summits. Hours later, the Chamber published the legislative text of the plan , with 1, 684 pages.
But many Democrats, including progressives in the House, have insisted on seeing the legislative text of the measure, before agreeing to pass the bipartisan $ 1 trillion infrastructure bill which is more specific as it focuses on the renovation of the nation’s highways, bridges, railroads and water lines.
Although the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, had said that the House could vote on the infrastructure As of Thursday, the only vote that took place in the evening was to extend funding for roads, which was approved by 358 – 59.
The pr esident Biden is leaving the job of approving the new $ 1 proposal. 75 trillion dollars, plus the bipartisan infrastructure plan awaiting final approval in the House of Representatives , to the main leaders of Congress, who have fought to end the disputes of the different wings of the Democratic Party during long negotiations.
The president insisted on Thursday that “nobody got everything they wanted.”
“But that’s the compromise,” Biden said. “That is consensus. And that’s what I followed. I have long said that compromise and consensus are the only way to do great things in a democracy. ”
On Thursday, the president emphasized the need to also pass its infrastructure bill .
“Some of the bridges that they don’t even risk crossing have been closed, ”Biden said. “They cannot be rebuilt to the same standard because the climate is not going to improve much, we just have to prevent it from getting a lot worse. We have to rebuild better and stronger. You shouldn’t have to hold your breath when crossing a dilapidated bridge or dangerous intersection in your hometown. ”
This is the second time in two months that House leadership has had to delay voting on infrastructure after a scenario developed similar to the end of September. For now, it is unclear how long the vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill will be delayed.
With information from CNN and CBS News