08/02/2021

U.S. Senate Works to Push $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Passage

It's been decades since Congress passed such a significant investment

The U.S. Senate will try to complete work this week on a $1 trillion infrastructure investment bill that would bring long-awaited improvements to roads, bridges and mass-transit systems and deliver a rare bipartisan victory to President Joe Biden.

Following long work sessions on Saturday and Sunday, Senate negotiators announced that they had finished drafting a 2,702-page bill, which promptly was introduced, clearing the way for senators to debate amendments.

"It has been decades - decades - since Congress passed such a significant, stand-alone investment," a buoyant Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said.

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