The House of Representatives aims on Friday to try to pass President Biden’s trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure plan, hours after the chamber’s Democratic leaders put off a planned vote on the measure amid a revolt from the party’s liberal wing.
The late-night delay came after Speaker Nancy Pelosi had spent much of Thursday insisting she would get the bill to the House floor that day. Just before 11 p.m., the vote was delayed to Friday, giving Democrats more time to reach agreement on an expansive climate change and social safety net bill that had become a sticking point for liberals in the negotiations.
Leaving the Capitol just after midnight, Ms. Pelosi told reporters “we’re not trillions of dollars apart” and vowed “there will be a vote today.”
Mr. Biden and Democrats have spent days trying to broker a deal between their party’s feuding factions on a critical piece of the president’s economic agenda, and talks were expected to continue on Friday. House Democrats were scheduled to meet privately Friday morning to discuss the ongoing talks.