The vote on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill has just ended....

[George II]

Yea: 215 Democrats, 13 republicans
Nay: 6 Democrats, 200 republicans

The bill has PASSED and will go to Biden asap (some rumoring he'll sign it tonight)

Sustained standing ovation in the chamber!!!!!!!!

[Historic NY]

1. Who are the Democrats

[cinematicdiversions]

3. Guess. The usual suspects.... nt

[dsp3000]

4. let me guess the squad

[Hortensis]

26. The usual empty posturing to please oppositional sorts while

avoiding the real thing.

The pattern of their short careers now is that they always fall in line and won't come through on their bloviating if it might hurt them. Apparently so far they're always afraid of the consequences because they never have voted in opposition when it would have made a difference.

[spicysista]

2. Yay!

[FBaggins]

5. Huzzah!

So when Jayapal said that there were 60 votes against the bill… she meant 6 and figured she could add a zero because anything plus zero is really the same number?

[Hekate]

6. WOOT! That's Our Nancy! Go Madame Speaker of the House!

[onetexan]

43. +1 -K&R

Bravo Dems!!!

[leftstreet]

7. BBB is dead

And why are they Friday Night News Dumping this hisToriC vote?

[George II]

8. ThIs IsN't A fRiDaY nIgHt NeWs DuMp - this has been in the works for weeks. And BBB is NOT dead!!!!

[leftstreet]

11. If it's so great it should've happened on a Monday am

So the news cycle could run with it all week

political gain, massive celebrations, etc

They want this disaster to be veddy veddy quiet

[AZSkiffyGeek]

12. So the complaint now is that they didn't respect the news cycle

Wow. Sour grapes.

[leftstreet]

13. I wasn't complaining. Just observing

That's always a clue

[AZSkiffyGeek]

14. It would've been done 12 hours ago

Were it not for the 6 moderates and the progressive caucus.

I think it came down to “get it done now” from Biden.

[BlueIdaho]

15. Thank You. nt.

[BannonsLiver]

24. LOL

[mcar]

33. That's a stretch

[betsuni]

41. Who is the "they" behind this diabolical conspiracy?

[George II]

54. It should have happened at 4-5 PM on Friday, when it was first planned and announced days ago.

[UTUSN]

9. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[George II]

10. Thirteen republicans voted Yea, the six Democratic NAY votes were:

Bush
Omar
Bowman
Tlaib
Ocasio-Cortez
Pressley

[Historic NY]

16. Watch them tout the achievements, like Republicans do when they don't vote for a bill

[Cha]

21. Hollow "victory".

[Cha]

19. TY

[leftstreet]

20. 13 GOPers realized they can help sink Biden's social $$

How can anyone not see this?

[George II]

48. This was a completely separate vote on a completely separate bill. Has nothing to do with....

...Biden's "social $$", i.e., the Build Back Better bill.

[Nixie]

27. That is SAD.

[monkeyman1]

40. I'm keeping this future reference !

[NYC Liberal]

44. Six Democrats who voted against:

- Replacing lead pipes
- Addressing contamination of drinking water
- Improving/updating airport infrastructure
- Modernizing the power grid
- Broadband access for low-income and rural areas
- Adding EV charging stations across the country
- Replacing gas-powered school buses with hybrid and electric ones
- $66 billion for Amtrak, which the largest federal investment in passenger rail service in over 50 years
- Expansion of public transportation and improving accessibility
- Repairing hundreds of thousands of miles of highways and tens of thousands of bridges

[WHITT]

47. You Got Snookered

Replacing lead pipes

According to the EPA, the money appropriated in the bill will replace LESS THAN A THIRD of the lead pipes in the country, meaning more than two-thirds of those communities will still have contaminated water.

Broadband access for low-income and rural areas

According to the experts, will NOT provide 'Universal Broadband', as a bunch of folks are running around saying. Most of rural America will be left behind.

[George II]

49. In positive words, it will replace one-third of the lead pipes in the country. You'd prefer zero?

It will provide broadband to millions of Americans. You'd prefer zero?

[WHITT]

50. HEH

it will replace one-third of the lead pipes in the country.

1) Which leaves more than two-thirds of communities with lead pipes with deadly contaminated water.

2) That's not what they claimed was in the bill.

It will provide broadband to millions of Americans

1) Don't see how.

2) That's not what they claimed was in the bill.

[George II]

51. First, so you're saying we shouldn't do anything. Now, who are "they" and what did "they" claim?

[NYC Liberal]

53. Many here would have opposed the original Social Security Act. It excluded 65% of the workforce.

Sure, it got the ball rolling on social insurance and once people got used to the idea we were able to expand and strengthen it -- but it wasn't perfect, so it should never have been passed at all, according to some logic.

[WHITT]

57. But

nobody claimed it would cover 100% of the workforce and then it only covered 65% of the workforce.

[WHITT]

58. Show Everybody

WHERE I posted "we shouldn't do anything". Show everybody that quote.

Makin' shit up defines you, not me.

[George II]

59. You're justifying votes against the bill. That means the bill shouldn't have passed, right?

Otherwise why would not voting for the bill, i.e., not passing it, be "doing anything"?

Read over your collective posts. Thanks!

[WHITT]

60. You Always Resort

to your Straw Man construction kit when you cannot defend your posts.

[George II]

61. Here we go with your accusations and veiled insults. I don't need to defend my posts, especially...

...in this discussion.

They are what they are.

[WHITT]

62. Translation:

NO, you CANNOT show everybody WHERE you claim I posted "we shouldn't do anything".

You're welcome.

[George II]

63. ...

[Cha]

17. Ha Fucking Ha to those

who voted against it!

How did Nancy get 13 Repubs to vote FOR IT?!

TY!

[sheshe2]

22. Go Nancy!

[Cha]

34. Nancy's a True Leader..

the others only wish wish they had her Smarts!

TY!

[sheshe2]

35. She is awesome.

She whipped them into shape.

[sheshe2]

18. Yeahh!

[Nixie]

25. ++++, loving that gif, she.

This is great news. We’re excited here. Hope you’re well.

[sheshe2]

31. She's one of my fav gifs.

This is wonderful news for all of us. Good job, Nance.

Thanks, Nixie. We are doing pretty well here.

Hugs to you and yours.

[Nixie]

23. WOW!!! Thanks for this info! That is such great

news.

I guess there’s still drama with the 6 holdouts. What a shame.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. NEW: Bipartisan infrastructure bill passes 228-206

Link to tweet

[Cha]

36. Rt TY I've only heard

of Kinzinger from the gop who voted For it... I've heard of all of the Dems who voted with the Majority of gops.

[Decoy of Fenris]

29. No Democrat voted "Nay"; That would have killed the bill. (See edits!)

On Edit: Unless I'm misreading this, and this is for a completely unrelated bill, but I thought this was the vote in question.


https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll368.xml


Second Edit: Yeah, I think I may have the wrong tally, so if so, my bad and I was wrong. Still, I'll leave the post, as I'm loathe to delete and prefer to keep a post up for posterity.

[George II]

55. Good for you for correcting yourself. Don't see that much anymore. Thanks!!

[Decoy of Fenris]

56. Thank you, sir. When I'm wrong, I'm wrong.

I may have my passionate beliefs and ideals, but a man who cannot admit fault when he's demonstrably wrong is barely a man at all.

A good day to you, mate, and have a wonderful "BIF-day"! I sure as shit didn't get everything (or almost anything) I wanted out of the Dems this time around, but as they say, "Something is better than nothing." It's a great day for America. o7

[mcar]

32. Shame on those 6 Democrats

Do they think this act will not help their constituents ?

[Cha]

37. Good question.. did they also

not think giving more help to the Capitol Police, who were there for them, would not be a good idea for the futute?

[mcar]

38. Truly shameful, Cha

[TlalocW]

39. Sign tonight?

Did it also pass the Senate?

TlalocW

[BadgerMom]

42. K & R

I recognize the huge amount of work this took on the part of so many Dems. But, I can’t help thinking that Nancy Pelosi is. the. bomb. Well done, Dems!

[littlemissmartypants]

45. ..."largest single investment in infrastructure in U.S. history...."

BREAKING: Congress passes largest single investment in infrastructure in U.S. history.

House votes *228*-206, with 13 Republicans joining Dems.

Bill now goes to the White House.

Link to tweet

[eleny]

46. JOBS!!!

[George II]

52. Sadly to some it's not good enough. As for me? I like how VP Harris put it last November: