Congressman Fred Upton doesn’t know what to expect when it comes to getting a federal infrastructure package approved. He tells WSJM News the bipartisan $1.2 trillion plan approved by the Senate and backed by the House Problem Solvers Caucus faces an uncertain future.
“This is the bill that the Problem Solvers Caucus began to work on last spring with Republicans and Democrats, governors, senators, House members, and ultimately passed in the Senate in August, 69 to 30,” Upton said. “Better than two to one. That bill has been pending now in the House and Speaker Pelosi is under the gun to bring that up. She was back in August. She got it delayed, and supposedly, we’re going to be voting on it early next week.”
Upton says the reason why the bill’s future is uncertain is that some Democrats are saying they will vote against it because they believe it’s not enough. Upton says there’s a competing infrastructure package of $3.5 trillion that the progressive Democrats are backing. However, he says even if the House approved that bill, its future in the Senate is very uncertain. He thinks the vote on the $1.2 trillion plan could take place Monday.
