GOP lawmaker who pledged to vote for bipartisan infrastructure bill: "We were let down" with delay

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GOP lawmaker who pledged to vote for bipartisan infrastructure bill: "We were let down" with delay

From CNN's Adrienne Vogt

Republican Rep. Don Bacon, who has said he will vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, said he thinks it’s a mistake to tie it to the spending package. 

“We were let down. Twice now, Speaker Pelosi has promised a vote. The first was last Monday, and then last night. Both times she’s caved to the Progressive Caucus,” Bacon said in an interview on CNN. 

He says the infrastructure bill is popular in his Nebraska district, but the larger spending package is not.  

“I think Americans want a hard infrastructure bill. But it continues to be tied together with this Bernie Sanders $3.5 trillion bill. And that is not popular in our district. So it has been a challenge trying to navigate through this. But most of us want a standalone separate vote on infrastructure,” Bacon said.

Bacon estimates at least 10 fellow Republicans support the infrastructure bill, but “there would be a lot more” if it was a standalone bill. He called the reconciliation package “toxic.” 

"I have committed to vote for it as long as it is two separate votes," he said.

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