House Delays Vote on Broadband Infrastructure Bill
House leaders delayed a floor vote on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (HR-3684) Thursday until at least some time this week amid perceptions that liberal Democratic caucus members were continuing to resist passing the measure until a deal is…
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final on the related Build Back Better Act (HR-5376). Both measures include billions of dollars for broadband, though the amount in a Thursday revised draft of HR-5376 is significantly lower than Democrats originally sought (see 2110280074). The House instead voted 358-59 for the Further Surface Transportation Extension Act (HR-5763), which would set a new Dec. 3 expiration date for U.S. transportation funding, to buy more time for lawmakers to enact the Senate-passed HR-3684.