The House adjourned just after 10 p.m. on Thursday night as Speaker
Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team struggled to round up votes to pass
the twin infrastructure and Build Back Better bills. Democratic
leadership announced the House will be back in session at 8 a.m. and
votes would happen today.

— One reason for Democrats to be optimistic today: “[M]any in the caucus
are set to embark on overseas trips ahead of next week’s recess.” A
deadline, in other words, could help push them to act.

— One reason for Democrats to be pessimistic: “But party leaders’
failure to corral the votes they need on Thursday — after several
exhausting weeks spent hashing out many of the same issues — has left
some Democrats privately wondering how they’ll pull it off on Friday.”

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