After Infrastructure Deal, Senate Votes to Take Up Bill
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and other senators speak to reporters just after a vote to start work on a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package July 28. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON The Senate voted the night of July 28 to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan, acting with sudden speed after weeks of fits and starts once the White House and a bipartisan group of senators agreed on major provisions of the package that’s key to President Joe Biden’s agenda.
Biden welcomed the accord as one that would show America can “do big things.” It includes the most significant long-term investments in nearly a century, he said, on par with building the transcontinental railroad or the Interstate highway system.
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Trump threatened to primary GOP lawmakers who favor the bipartisan infrastructure plan. 17 Republicans just voted to advance it, including Mitch McConnell.
Donald Trump threatened primary opponents to any GOPers backing the bipartisan infrastructure deal.
The former president has railed against negotiations, warning Republicans to abandon the talks.
But in a Wednesday vote, 17 Senate Republicans joined Democrats to advance the $US1 ($AU1) trillion package.
Former President Donald Trump left no words unspoken in his most direct attempt yet to tank President Joe Biden’s $US1 ($AU1) trillion infrastructure deal.
The GOP frontman threatened “lots of primaries” ahead for any Republican lawmakers who cooperated with Democrats to get the bipartisan deal passed.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to proceed with a bipartisan infrastructure deal that was struck earlier in the day, clearing the first hurdle toward adopting a long-awaited and hotly debated spending package.
In a key procedural vote, senators voted 67-32 to push the bill forward, meeting the 60-vote threshold. All 50 Democrats and 17 Republicans voted in favor.
The vote starts the process to debate and amend the proposal, and the final version still needs approval from both chambers.
The vote came just a few hours after Senator Rob Portman from Ohio, the top Republican negotiator, told reporters that a bipartisan group of senators had reached an agreement on the major issues of the infrastructure plan.