Lawmakers fail to bring infrastructure bill to vote by deadline

The Sept. 30 deadline for the House of Representatives to vote on a bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure bill came and went last week without a resolution. The no vote on the infrastructure package comes as Congressional Democrats continue to negotiate the terms of a separate, potentially multi-trillion dollar reconciliation package focused on social programs.

As of last week, progressive House Democrats were continuing to withhold support for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in the absence of certainty on a path forward for the larger reconciliation bill. The contours of that social spending bill remained in flux as moderate Senate Democrats sought to lower its price tag, and negotiations were expected to continue into the weekend.