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This with all 100 senators coming together and making an agreement with how they deal with amendments. that would have sped up the process but thats not where were at. at least one senator right now, senator bill hagerty objecting to that saying hes not going to agree to a shortened amendment process, that he wants this to go through something called regular order. and thats where we start this sunday. in half an hour, were going to see the senate come back in session, were likely at that point ...

>> and for context, by the book means were thinking like early tuesday morning final vote. again, its not a matter of if. its a matter of when. this is the senate and this is an amendment process, but this would only be the first process. only one step in a long process ahead for the bill. the house still has to pass this. house democrats have already raised concerns. jeffrey rosen, the former acting attorney general at the end of the trump administration testified to lawmakers for seven hours t...

Structure, because there is no end to the amendments offered up on this bipartisan bill. can you explain to most americans who are not well versed in the arcane mysterious ways of the senate why this process process matters and schumer is going to say, hey, we have the votes, lets do it. >> the senators want some priorities for their states in the bill. they have priority issues, and many of them are bipartisan, and many of the amendments are sponsored by people in both parties, and so they are ...

Democratic leaders say, enough is enough, take steps to shut down the amendment process, and move to a final vote. republicans have a say in that because they will need 60 votes ultimately to shut down debate and youre hearing from top republican leaders, mitch mcconnell, and senator john thune who just told me they want a robust amendment process, so this could play out for days and it will be a bit of a chess match between the two sides. schumer will have to decide when its time to shut down d...

Congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, i said full-tinalized bute will be amendments moving forward. break down what we know so far. >> reporter: theres a lot in this bill. its a massive proposal that would spend that much money in new money for a range of measures to bolster infrastructure across the country, everything from electric vehicles to roads and bridges to waterways to broadband and just some of the line items here to point out. it includes $73 billion to rebuild the electrical ...

That? schumer said is done now opening up for amendments now portman and senator sinema says it is great but senator collins says she thinks there are enough republican votes to pass the bill. are you in favor of the bill? >> we will look forward to being able to read the bill. we are pleased we are finally at the amendment process. i have amendments i think are appropriate if you want shovel ready infrastructure projects then build the wall to restart the keystone pipeline it will be important ...

I have a couple of amendments we filed and will probably start voting on amendments this afternoon. some of the amendments will be non-controversial, what a great idea. whom will be poison pills designed to either weaken or kill the bill. the leader schumer kind of works to manage the amendment process to determine how many amendments there will be. youll probably see us have a pretty heavy schedule of amendment votes early in the week, and hopefully move on to final passage of the bill sometime...

That? schumer said is done now opening up for amendments now portman and senator sinema says it is great but senator collins says she thinks there are enough republican votes to pass the bill. are you in favor of the bill? >> we will look forward to being able to read the bill. we are pleased we are finally at the amendment process. i have amendments i think are appropriate if you want shovel ready infrastructure projects then build the wall to restart the keystone pipeline it will be important ...

That? schumer said is done now opening up for amendments now portman and senator sinema says it is great but senator collins says she thinks there are enough republican votes to pass the bill. are you in favor of the bill? >> we will look forward to being able to read the bill. we are pleased we are finally at the amendment process. i have amendments i think are appropriate if you want shovel ready infrastructure projects then build the wall to restart the keystone pipeline it will be important ...

Joshua johnson? welcome to the week. the sun is working. its infrastructure weekend on capitol hill, we heard from kristen cinema of arizona and rob portman of ohio. they just gave short speeches on the senate floor. they have been among those leading the negotiations on this bill. now we still dont have the final text, but the plan is to file that bill is a substitute amendment tonight. the current bill is just over 2700 pages long. so far. the senate will then move to the amendment process, wh...