
Pelosi says Senate bipartisan infrastructure package may be a tough sell to caucus unless 'more to come'
CNN
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she's "very pleased" that a deal on a new bipartisan Senate infrastructure package was reached last week, but she warned the proposal might be a tough sell to the House Democratic caucus if more isn't included.
"I do think that it is predicated on an infrastructure that is of the last century. We have to be thinking in a more forward way. We must build back better. So if this is something that can be agreed upon, I don't know how we can possibly sell it ... to our caucus unless we know there is more to come," she told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union." The $1.2 trillion deal announced Thursday by bipartisan group of 10 senators marked the most significant development yet in negotiations over a key priority of the Biden administration.
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