GOP House members who voted for infrastructure not paying a political price -- at least not yet
ABC News
The vote has the potential to be decisive in the midterms, but the jury is still out.
After 87 days of negotiations, the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill was passed in the House Nov. 5 with the help of 13 Republicans -- a decision that swiftly set conservative GOP members on the attack against their colleagues.
Many Republicans took to social media to bash their GOP colleagues who delivered key votes that got part of Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda across the finish line. But while the backlash has been fierce, at the moment the vote does not seem likely to cause extensive political fallout in the midterm elections.
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., who voted for the infrastructure bill, told The Detroit News he has received over 1,000 phone calls, including death threats, since then.
He said most calls are not from constituents in his district but from across the country, likely triggered by Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., tweeting out the phone numbers of 12 of the 13 Republicans who voted for the bill.
