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Then that is the amendment process will start. that means that senators could offer potential changes to this bill. but they can't do that until this text is released which is one reason why there is an expectation that the senate is going to be in for at least part of the weekend. which is very rare for the united states senate. it is rare for them to be on a friday let alone a saturday or a sunday. but it speaks to the urgency of the democratic leaders are trying to get this done within about a week's time. get this out of the senate and so they could move on to the larger effort to move for...

Whether or not they all agree on that underlying legislative text which we still haven't seen yet. they voted to get onto debating this bill, but we still haven't seen that underlying text. and that's going to be important. because it might determine whether or not lawmakers want to actually have any amendments on this bill. we also should note that even if this passes out of the senate, you still have to get it through the house of representatives. and we're already seeing some progressives arguing that this bill is just simply t want to jt advance it without promises on what that democratic ...

Agreeing today, bipartisan indestructible. >> it includes $550 billion in new spending but a lot to work out. ashley strohmeyer joins us to break it down. >> reporter: they advanced infrastructure that setting up a final vote in the coming days, president biden calling the agreement the most significant investment in infrastructure and competitiveness in nearly a century. what is included in this deal, $550 billion in new spending, $110 billion for roads, bridges and major projects and $15 billion toward electric vehicle infrastructure, $65 billion high-speed internet. >> a time when washingto...

Be added to the us economy, which is already considerably indebted. speaking of which, the total cost of the bite bill is expected to be around £550 billion and with this companion bill, the total is expected to be slightly over1 trillion. where does all of this money come from to pay for these ambitions? is it all debt or is it coming from other sources? it’s coming from other sources? it's auoin to coming from other sources? it's going to be _ coming from other sources? it�*s going to be debt and the us economy, its growing really fast, as you mentioned in the earlier segments. and we a...

Voting to advance a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill to help improve roads and bridges and pipes, ports, water, broadband and more. lauren fox is live on capitol hill. what happens next. >> reporter: this is a major break through. this bipartisan group agreeing to new $550 billion in spending over the next five years. but there are several steps that are head and potentially monany places where they could trip up. could they hold their coalition together because they have several more votes. they need at least 10 republicans for. that is the big question going into the weekend. we expec...