After a tense, drawn out negotiation period on Capitol Hill to pass a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, it succeeded late Friday night — though not all Massachusetts House members voted in its favor.

“For months, my progressive colleagues and I … have been clear from the onset that any vote on the narrow roads and bridges bill must happen in tandem with a vote on the Build Back Better Act that invests in our care economy, housing, paid leave, combating climate change, and more,” said U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Boston, in a statement.

The agreement to move the smaller infrastructure bill alongside a larger bill including some of President Biden’s most ambitious campaign proposals was not honored, Pressley said. For this reason, she continued to “#HoldTheLine,” as she and other progressives have tweeted, and voted against the bill. Five other progressives, including fellow “Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also voted against the bill.

All the other Massachusetts U.S. House members, all Democrats, voted in favor of the passage of the bill. The final vote was 228-206, with thirteen Republicans voting with most Democrats to pass the bill, and six Dems voting against it.

Although Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, voted in support of the infrastructure bill, the Ways and Means Committee chairman said in a statement that “basic workplace supports like child care and paid family and medical leave,” all parts of the Build Back Better Act, are just as important as the infrastructure bill.

Several members of the Massachusetts delegation made the same argument, including Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Lowell, and Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester. McGovern likened the Build Back Better Act to the “New Deal” of the FDR era 89 years ago that ushered in sweeping reforms.

In a short video that the newest member of the delegation, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Newton, posted to Twitter shortly after the vote, he touted the “historic investments in clean energy and clean water, major upgrades to high-speed internet in this country, and a transformative and historic commitment to improving public transit everywhere in the country” in the infrastructure bill. He added that the House also passed an agreement that would allow for a vote on the other bill by Thanksgiving.

This pledge, which Biden personally brokered, states that the more moderate Democrats, who have been opposed to the broader social-spending bill, will vote for it if estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office show that it won’t impact the budget deficit.

Trahan broke down some of the benefits the infrastructure bill will have in Massachusetts, including a $4.2 billion investment in road improvements and $1.1 billion for bridge replacements and repairs in the state. The Bay State will also receive at least $1.1 billion for water infrastructure and $2.5 billion for public transportation.

“This legislation will deliver the investments necessary to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure” instead of applying a “Band-Aid” to it, she said in a statement.

Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark, D-Melrose, noted in her statement that the infrastructure bill is poised to create 2 million jobs annually for the next decade, including “union jobs, green jobs, and most importantly, good paying jobs,” she said.

The bill, which passed through the Senate in August, will now be sent to Biden’s desk, where he’s expected to sign it into law.

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