Following an embarrassing election night for Democrats, Speaker Nancy
Pelosi and her caucus have redoubled their efforts to pass the
bipartisan infrastructure bill (BIF) and Build Back Better package (BBB)
through their chamber this week. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
announced Wednesday night that both bills could even see a floor vote as
soon as today.

For now, the GOP sweep in Virginia and Dems’ razor-thin victory in New
Jersey seem to have done what months of negotiations on the Hill could
not: force moderates and progressives into line on passing both bills.

Raghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.
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