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“Maybe professional politicians are actually good at politics.”
President Joe Biden will have to reassure progressives and Democratic lawmakers who felt cut out of Senate negotiations that their priorities will be addressed in the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden moved significantly closer Wednesday to achieving his massive infrastructure overhaul the type of bipartisan win he’s dreamed about since launching his campaign for the presidency.
Seventeen Republican senators voted with Democrats to advance a roughly $1 trillion deal that would spend heavily on roads, bridges, broadband and public transit. And though it was a vote merely to start debate, Democrats expressed cautious optimism that a bill would eventually reach Biden’s desk. It was, the White House stressed, a testament to the president’s political skill and persistence. Despite constant fits and starts, grumbling from many in his
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