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Going because they're concentrating on one infrastructure bill, you have the $3.5 trillion bill that is causing some friction between house progressives and moderates in the senate. so what do you do? they say, we walk and chew gum at the same time. it is easier said than done because obviously voting rights doesn't seem like it is going anywhere, though they do have a bill text for this john lewis voting rights advancement act. police reform, like you said, is at a standstill. we had june or bust. it is now august tomorrow, this weekend. so they've missed a couple of deadlines there. so there...

If your policy qualifies. any minute now, a hurdle for the bipartisan senate deal for massive investments in infrastructure around the country, the senate is expected to hold another vote on the trillion-dollar plan, but it is still a long way to go in this divided congress. lauren fox is on capitol hill for us. what is going to happen later this hour and where is this headed? >> reporter: in a couple of minutes we expect a rare view of the senate working on a friday where we expect that they're going to take a procedural vote to begin the amendment process on that bipartisan infrastructure ...

Bill text be released? that is the very significant here because this is going to be a massive bill, more than 1 -- about $1.2 trillion over 8 years, probably more than 1,000 pages, up to 2,000 pages of bill text. we've seen so far a 55-page summary, but the details here matter because ultimately, that could -- is what could become law. there will be an effort to amend this bill on the senate floor. once that bill text is released. but it's going to be difficult to do that, because in order to change the bill, most certainly it will require 60 votes to do that. that would mean there would be a...

Infrastructure deal. our correspondent manu joins us on the hill. what happens now? >> the big question on capitol hill right now is when will the legislative text be release the of the $1.2 trillion bill? this bill would strengthen lots of money into roads, bridges, rural broadband. would pay for this in a variety of ways, including redirecting covid relief money. what does it look like? the bill text has not been released as they've haggled over finalizing a lot of legislative language. that is so critical. because ultimately this is what could become law. once this bill text is finalized, i...

Stunning vote. 67 senators voted for this infrastructure package, alarmer number than a lot of folks thought, including fact you had senate minority leader mitch mcconnell sign on at the end and others who voted against this procedural measure kept it open he might in the end actually support a final package. to your point, this is major, but it is a first step, so the devil is really in the details. a week ago a lot of republicans said, no, we can't vote for this. hey, we still don't have bill text. the bill text needs to happen. there's going to be amendments. this is in terms of what's goin...