Pelosi: 'So Far So Good' On Bipart Infra Bill Vote Today

Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi talking at her presser on the planned vote on the bipartisan infrastructure framework: "I just told members of my leadership that the reconciliation bill was a culmination of my service in Congress...We will have a reconciliation bill, that is for sure. Today the question is about we are proceeding in a very positive way to bring up the bill, of the BIF, to do so in a way that can win. And so far so good for today...It's impossible to persuade people to vote for the BIF without reassurances that the reconciliation bill will occur. And it will."

• Major sticking point on reconciliation remains Sens Manchin (D-WV) and Sinema (D-AZ), who are reluctant to back massive spending package. Pelosi refuses to comment on her talks with Manchin: ""You think I'm going to talk to you about my conversations with Joe Manchin, in here?...We're friends, we're Italian Americans. We get along. Catholic. We have shared values,""
• "Let me just tell you about negotiating. At the end, that's when you really have to weigh in. You cannot tire. You cannot concede. This is the fun part."