President Joe Biden on Tuesday was taking his pitch for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure spending to Wisconsin, with the trip coming after he struggled last week with the rollout of the deal.
“The House will vote on a surface transportation bill this week as Senate negotiators are working to turn the bipartisan infrastructure framework into legislative text. But a House bill and a Senate bill are not the same, and the Democratic push for reconciliation leaves the timeline for passing any bill through both chambers until the fall,” said Ben Koltun, director of research at Beacon Policy Advisors, in a note on Tuesday.
One of the senators backing the bipartisan plan, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, also drew questions on timing on Tuesday, as he was asked on MSNBC about what inning it was for the infrastructure push.