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Moderate Democrats appeared Sunday to reject a move by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to split the difference between them and party progressives on whether to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill first or delay it until after the Senate produces a reconciliation bill, including Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending plan.

"While we appreciate the forward procedural movement on the bipartisan infrastructure agreement, our view remains consistent," the nine Democrats who promised to block their party's budget resolution until the House passes the infrastructure bill said.

"We should vote first on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework without delay and then move to immediate consideration of the budget resolution," the members added.

Pelosi, D-Calif., said Sunday she asked the Rules Committee to weigh "a rule that advances both the budget resolution and the bipartisan infrastructure package."

The speaker's proposed half-measure would essentially tie one procedural step of passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill to the same step in the House passing the budget resolution. But that would not change Pelosi's fundamental position, her chief spokesman Drew Hammill said: The infrastructure bill won't pass until the Senate produces a reconciliation bill – a process that could drag well into the fall. ''

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pel...infrastructure