AOC links bipartisan infrastructure bill to passage of $3.5T spending measure

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez insisted on Sunday that House Democrats will not approve the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal unless the Senate also passes the Dems’ proposed overall $3.5 trillion spending plan. 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tied the fate of the two pieces of legislation together last month when she said the House will not take up the infrastructure bill unless the proposed spending measure is passed by “reconciliation” — a procedural tactic that would allow the Democrats to pass the measure in the 50-50 Senate by a simple majority and bypass Republicans. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said House Democrats must back that proposal.