WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The U.S. House Tuesday voted to adopt a rule that allows Democrats to immediately begin work on a massive $3.5 trillion social benefits package. The rule also requires the lower chamber to take up the Senate-passed bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill by Sept. 27. The vote was 220-212.
Pelosi has asked many of her committee chairmen to begin working on relevant parts of the gigantic spending package and report back to House Budget Committee Chairman, John Yarmuth (D-Ky) by Sept. 15. The Budget panel would then package everything together and prepare it for a floor vote when the chamber is scheduled to return to Washington in late September.
Pelosi added in a statement that she is “committing” to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill by Sept. 27, shortly before current surface transportation programs expire.
Contact this reporter: eric@macenews.com.
Content may appear first or exclusively on the Mace News premium service. For real-time delivery contact tony@macenews.com. Twitter headlines @macnewsmacro.