Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who once protested in a pink tutu and routinely railed on her GOP colleagues, appears to be on the cusp of a significant accomplishment after pivoting from crusader to coalition builder. A $1 trillion bipartisan bill she co-spearheaded, which would deliver badly needed improvements to America’s roads, bridges, broadband internet, and more, looks set to pass the Senate this week.
But at a time when Democrats control Congress and the White House, some see bipartisanship as a capitulation. Many liberals favor a much bigger investment, including in “human infrastructure” priorities such as child care and climate action, which have been siphoned into a separate $3.5 trillion bill that could pass without a single GOP vote – if all Democrats support it. Ms. Sinema drew the ire of progressives when she said that price tag was too high.