Nov. 5. 2021: Lets try this again
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.\n\u2014 One reason for Democrats to be optimistic today: \u201c[M]any in the caucus are set to embark on overseas trips ahead of next week\u2019s recess.\u201d A deadline, in other words, could help push them to act.\n\u2014 One reason for Democrats to be pessimistic: \u201cBut party leaders\u2019 failure to corral the votes they need on Thursday \u2014 after several exhausting weeks spent hashing out many of the same issues \u2014 has left some Democrats privately wondering how they\u2019ll pull it off on Friday.\u201d\nSubscribe to POLITICO Playbook.\nRaghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.\xa0Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.