Last week — after months of failed negotiations had stalled forward movement — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally brought Biden's infrastructure bill to the floor for a vote. It passed, with the help of Republican members of Congress who handed Pelosi and Biden the ability to claim the $1.2 trillion woke infrastructure legislation was a bipartisan achievement.
13 Republicans voted in favor of the $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” bill while 6 Democrats voted against it. The vote was 228-206. Had the Republicans stood unanimously against the bill, six Democrat defections would have defeated it.
— Nick Short ?? (@PoliticalShort) November 6, 2021
The Republicans who crossed the aisle to vote "yes" on Biden's infrastructure plan are Reps. Bacon (NE), Fitzpatrick (PA), Garbarino (NY), Gonzalez (OH), Katko (NY), Kinzinger (IL), Malliotakis (NY), McKinley (WV), Reed (NY), Smith (NJ), Upton (MI), Van Drew (NJ), and Young (AK).
Six Democrats voted against the infrastructure bill. But these 13 Republicans gave Speaker Pelosi the votes she needed for passage. Interesting times in DC. pic.twitter.com/KO2u8pemTy
— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) November 6, 2021
Now those members' action — The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board described it as "Republicans Rescue Biden's Agenda" — might cause them to lose their committee assignments if the Republican conference's rank-and-file get their way.
Making the situation seemingly more stark, even members of the radical leftist "squad" didn't vote for the bill, meaning thirteen Republicans voted for a Democrat bill that Reps. including AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib did not.
Six Democrats who voted against the bill: Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, and Jamaal Bowman.
— Nick Short ?? (@PoliticalShort) November 6, 2021
Of course Squad members voted no because they still feel that their voices were left out of the negotiations and that the infrastructure bill is not woke enough, but it's still not a great look.
According to reporting from Punchbowl News, "GOP leadership is bracing" for Republican members who oppose Biden's agenda who signaled their intent to strip committee assignments from those who voted "yes," including ranking members.
NEW in @PunchbowlNews AM — House GOP leadership is bracing for a movement to strip lawmakers who voted for infrastrucutre of their committee slots.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 9, 2021
Much of the anger is at @RepJohnKatko, who voted early bc he saw Banks and other Rs on TV dumping all over the bill pic.twitter.com/Jo45SlZeZP
"A number of GOP lawmakers were upset by the fact that several of their Republican colleagues voted early for the infrastructure package, helping Democrats cross the majority threshold on a key piece of President Joe Biden's legislative agenda and undermining their party strategy," according to Punchbowl News.
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