For the past two weeks, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been negotiating between moderates and progressives in her caucus who threaten to derail the House agenda on its return from recess. Pelosi’s plan has long been to force a joint vote on both the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, passed in a bipartisan Senate vote before the recess, and Sen. Sanders’ (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion budget resolution, advanced by a party-line vote. In an Aug. 11 press release, the Congressional Progressive Caucus showed their approval for this move, saying that they would not consider the infrastructure bill before passing the budget resolution. At 95 votes, this cooperation of the caucus is necessary to Pelosi’s plans. But in a letter released the next day, nine House moderates took the opposite position, saying that they would not consider the budget resolution before the passage of the infrastructure bill. While this …