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Unusually in the divided political town of washington, the measure had bipartisan support — nearly 20 republicansjoined democrats in voting for the bill. it now goes to the house of representatives, and if passed there would head to president biden�*s desk. let's look at what this bill would do. $550 billion in new money would be spent over five years. another $110 billion will be invested in roads, bridges and dams. $66 billion will be spent on passenger and freight rail. and $65 billion goes to expanding high speed internet access. president biden praised the new legislation. i know comp...

A very long day before that happens, right? >> reporter: that's right. brianna, certainly a lot left to do up here on capitol hill. this infrastructure bill is a massive bill and it potentially will become a major victory for the biden administration after, as you said, months and months of painstaking negotiations. $550 billion in new federal spending over the next five years, new money for roads, bridges, the electric grid, broadband access, modernizing the transit system among many, many other items. it is expected to pass here in the senate, they do have the votes to get this through. it t...

White house after as you know months and months of painstaking negotiations. $550 billion in new federal spending over the next five years, money for roads, buildings, rebuilding the electric grid, expanding broadband, modernizing the public transportation system among many more items. and the senate is expected to vote on this, a final vote at 11:00 a.m. eastern. they do have the votes to pass it through and that is when it will head to the house where it faces something of an uncertain phase. speaker of the house nancy pelosi has not yet committed to taking up this bill until the senate move...

The senate is expected to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill following months of negotiations. jillian: democrats are shifting their attention to pushing through a massive multi trillion dollar budget plan without republican support. lauren blanchard is live from washington with more. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning. mid-morning the senate is expected to pass the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill with about 20 republicans on-board. $550 billion in new spending, for traditional items like bridges and roads, the electrical grid, railways, broadband, internet, public tr...

>> that was president joe biden celebrating the passing of a bipartisan infrastructure bill. 69 senators approved a bill that would set aside $550 billion in new spending for roads, public transit, new water pipes and power grids. 19 republicans were willing to buck biden's disgraced one-term predecessor as he begged them not to. president biden is on track to deliver a major over haul for the country months after his inauguration, something the orange one promised but failed to achieve. the bill is the first of two tracks that chuck shoemaker has laid out. the human infrastructure track will ...