55 billion to water infrastructure and 65 billion will be spent on improving broadband internet access. that tasha joins us live. we will get to the politics of this in a moment. let s start first with the substance, how important is this bill to the country? how will americans benefit and when are they like will toy see a payoff? well, it s incredibly important just because the decaying infrastructure. there is all kind of problems with our bridges, which is dangerous. our ports are unsafe and we need to invest in our public transit system. we need to invest in our water pipes, broadband and so forth. but originally this bill was called the american jobs plan. i think that would be another added benefit. i think that s another reason why it can be so popular, it will be so popular, because it will create a lot of jobs and
alone. remembers live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. u.s. president joe biden finally has one pillar of his sweeping domestic win in congress with final passage of his $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. on this vote, the yays are 228. the nays are 206. the motion is adopted. getting the bill through the house was an uphill struggle. passage wasn t a sure thing. late night arm twisting by the president got enough votes to make it happen. he released this statement touting the achievement, that reads in part, the bill will create millions of jobs and turn the climate crisis an opportunity to put us on the
we know that a number of senators, including senator joe manchin and senator kyrsten sinema, but not just limited to them. also, senator bernie sanders and others want changes made to this. so, expect that to be, also, a long, drawn-out process before it makes its way back to the house side. jessica dean, cnn capitol hill. now, i mentioned earlier the statement president biden released right after the vote touting the achievementm. i want ra to the read rtor part of it. quote, the bill will create millions of jobs, turn the climate crisis into an opportunity, and puts us on a path to win the economic competition for the 21st century. now, friday s vote was preceded by intense negotiations that went late, late into the night. but after moderate and progressive democrats reached a deal on the president s social safety net bill, both sides declared victory as they pr prepared to vote. have a listen. tonight, we have reached an historic agreement that marks a major victory for our coun
of the party. one of different things. handful of house moderates holding out for a cbo score. the congressional black caucus offering a compromise idea for the procedural vote on the build back better ac. while progressives balked at that in the beginning. but in the end, i have been came around, it was moderates offering up the statement committing to voting for the build back better act by november 13th. the chairman saying the bulk of them would vote for this, which is what ended up happening. that s what got them to these numbers to get this bill to president biden. that head to his desk to become lawsuit. as for the build back better ac, it has to pass the house. it will go to senate, where we expect a ton of changes have been made we know senator man
it. with a clear estimate about what the economic impact would be. the impact on taxes, the impact on individuals and it was a little bit more transparency. i think they were willing to support it. what will eventually happen when it gaetz to the senate. that s where it will get this bill to look like anything in which joe biden and the more democrats had envisioned. it will get watered down considerably. there are all kind of things people are unhappy with at the moment so i do think it s going to go through. but it s not going to take the original form i think people had intended. so we could see some more chaos ahead, so you know, press secretary jen psaki tweeted delivering this infrastructure bill, proof that delivering for the american people was worth all this painful sausage-making, as she went on to tout the benefits of the bill. what costs will this fighting have, the wrangling, criticism of various parts of these bills