House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Sunday defended progressives amid party infighting over the bipartisan infrastructure bill and budget reconciliation bill after blowing past several deadlines and quickly approaching another.
During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Pelosi disagreed with host Jake Tapper after he said “moderates are frustrated” because several deadlines to pass the two major pieces of legislation were missed “because of the progressives.”
“No, wait a minute,” Pelosi responded. “There was no deadline that was missed because of the progressives.”
The speaker appeared to blame moderates like West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for holding up the reconciliation bill, which was initially valued at $3.5 trillion.
