The schedule could still change, particularly as lawmakers put the finishing touch on the $1.75 trillion initiative, which they are still paring back and rewriting in the days after Biden unveiled it as a potential compromise between his party’s warring liberal and moderate lawmakers.
The tentative schedule would mark the final vote for a roughly $1.2 trillion package to improve the country’s infrastructure, which would then head to the president’s desk for a signature. And it would tee up the Senate to begin debate over a second, roughly $1.75 trillion measure to overhaul the nation’s health care, education, climate, immigration and tax laws.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leadership aides informed lawmakers about the timeline in recent days, according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the plans. The schedule could still change, particularly as lawmakers put the finishing touches on the $1.75 trillion initiative, which they are still crafting in the days after Biden unveiled it as a potential compromise between his party’s warring liberal and moderate lawmakers.
Two earlier attempts in the House to bring the bill to a vote ultimately were scrapped, as lawmakers with the left-leaning Congressional Progressive Caucus maintained they would not supply their much-needed support for infrastructure spending unless they could consider in tandem the $1.75 trillion package. That prompted the chamber to adjourn for the week on Thursday, while lawmakers behind the scenes continued finalizing the latter legislation.
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