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This with all 100 senators coming together and making an agreement with how they deal with amendments. that would have sped up the process but that's not where we're at. at least one senator right now, senator bill hagerty objecting to that saying he's not going to agree to a shortened amendment process, that he wants this to go through something called regular order. and that's where we start this sunday. in half an hour, we're going to see the senate come back in session, we're likely at that point to hear from senate majority leader chuck schumer on what the road ahead looks like. looking a...

>> and for context, by the book means we're thinking like early tuesday morning final vote. again, it's not a matter of if. it's a matter of when. this is the senate and this is an amendment process, but this would only be the first process. only one step in a long process ahead for the bill. the house still has to pass this. house democrats have already raised concerns. jeffrey rosen, the former acting attorney general at the end of the trump administration testified to lawmakers for seven hours this weekend. the senate judiciary chairman called what they learned frightening as they investiga...

Structure, because there is no end to the amendments offered up on this bipartisan bill. can you explain to most americans who are not well versed in the arcane mysterious ways of the senate why this process process matters and schumer is going to say, hey, we have the votes, let's do it. >> the senators want some priorities for their states in the bill. they have priority issues, and many of them are bipartisan, and many of the amendments are sponsored by people in both parties, and so they are not part san amendments, and they need something in the bill to vote for so they have nothing nefar...

Democratic leaders say, enough is enough, take steps to shut down the amendment process, and move to a final vote. republicans have a say in that because they will need 60 votes ultimately to shut down debate and you're hearing from top republican leaders, mitch mcconnell, and senator john thune who just told me they want a robust amendment process, so this could play out for days and it will be a bit of a chess match between the two sides. schumer will have to decide when it's time to shut down debate, republicans will decide whether to cooperate, and at the end of the day, they have to see i...

Congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, i said full-tinalized bute will be amendments moving forward. break down what we know so far. >> reporter: there's a lot in this bill. it's a massive proposal that would spend that much money in new money for a range of measures to bolster infrastructure across the country, everything from electric vehicles to roads and bridges to waterways to broadband and just some of the line items here to point out. it includes $73 billion to rebuild the electrical grid, another $66 billion for passenger and freight rail. that had been a sticking point through t...