Leader Schumer: One can't be done without the other —
Speaker Pelosi: That’s right —
Leader Schumer: — we all agree to that.
Leader Schumer: We can’t get the bipartisan bill done unless we're sure we're getting the budget reconciliation bill done. We can't get the budget reconciliation bill done unless we're sure of the bipartisan. And I think our Members are – you know, across the spectrum, realize that.
Pelosi Remarks at Media Availability with Leader Schumer, June 23, 2021
Speaker Pelosi: So let me be really clear on this, we will not take up a bill in the House until the Senate passes the bipartisan bill and reconciliation bill. If there is no bipartisan bill, then we’ll just go when the Senate passes a reconciliation bill. But I’m hopeful that we would have the bipartisan bill.
Speaker Pelosi: But make sure you understand this, that when people say, “Well, I’m not going to vote for this, unless I see that,” there ain’t going to be no bipartisan bill unless we are going to have the reconciliation bill.
Q: To follow up on Manu's question, are you committed to having a vote on infrastructure today?
Speaker Pelosi: Yes
Press Conference of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, September 30, 2021
Q: So one of the things that progressives want is to have a vote on the Build Back Better bill at the same time as the infrastructure bill...
Speaker Pelosi: Yeah that’s right, that’s what they say.
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