Infrastructure bill vote delayed after late-night discussions

To ensure delivery to your inbox add email@mail.nbcnews.com to your contacts Today's Top Stories from NBC News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021 Good morning, NBC News readers.     Today we have late-night news from Congress, where a key infrastructure bill was held up, a vaccine designed to stop opioid overdoses, and why Brexit Britain wants some Europeans who have left to come back.   Here's the latest on that and everything else we're watching this Friday morning.     House Democrats delay vote on infrastructure bill after late-night negotiations House Democrats delayed a planned vote Thursday on a major infrastructure package, heading home for the night after intraparty fighting hamstrung their ability to pass the legislation.   House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., announced after a series of late-night negotiations that the vote had been postponed indefinitely as Democrats battle over the way forward on President Joe Biden's agenda.   The party's centrist wing wanted the infrastructure bill to be passed quickly, painting the $550 billion package as a bipartisan win. But the left wing of the party is resisting, arguing that the House should delay passing the infrastructure bill to gain leverage to force the Senate to pass a larger $3.5 trillion social safety net package.   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., spent hours trying to broker a deal, with lawmakers shuffling in and out of her office, but eventually gave up in the 10 p.m. hour.   Just after midnight as she departed the Capitol, Pelosi said that a vote would happen Friday. "There will be a vote today," she said. "We're not trillions of dollars apart," the speaker told reporters.   After the vote was delayed, White House press secretary Jen Psaki conceded in a statement that "Democrats do have some differences," but she said "we share common goals."   Read the full story here.  Friday's Top Stories Scientists eye opioid vaccine as a shot to stem overdose epidemic The trial is the first to test the safety and potential effectiveness of an opioid vaccine in humans. 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Blige and Kendrick Lamar to play Super Bowl halftime show Five legendary musicians — who collectively have been awarded 43 Grammys and created 22 No. 1 Billboard albums — will unite on stage for the first time at the Superbowl on Feb. 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.   Jay-Z, whose company is producing the show, said, "Dr. Dre, a musical visionary from Compton, Snoop Dogg, an icon from Long Beach and Kendrick Lamar, a young musical pioneer in his own right, also from Compton, will take center field for a performance of a lifetime."   "They will be joined by the lyrical genius, Eminem and the timeless Queen, Mary J. Blige," he continued. "This is the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. This is history in the making."   Read more here. Thanks for reading the Morning Rundown.    If you have any comments — likes, dislikes — send me an email at: patrick.smith@nbcuni.com. If you're a fan, please forward it to your family and friends. 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