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Alan Fram And Lisa Mascaro Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at right by Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., arrives to speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, following a weekly GOP strategy meeting. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) July 13, 2021 - 9:02 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats announced late Tuesday that they'd reached a budget agreement envisioning spending an enormous $3.5 trillion over the coming decade, paving the way for their drive to pour federal resources into climate change, health care a...

Bipartisan infrastructure deal stalls as bigger plan gains LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press July 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters before meeting with Democratic members of the Texas Legislature who are trying to kill a Republican bill in Austin that would make it harder to vote in the Lone Star State, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2021.J. Scott Applewhite/APShow MoreShow Less 2of5President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting on reducing gun violence, in the Roosevelt Room of the W...

DEVELOPING... Story will be updated as new information can be verified. Updated 6 times AlertMe WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats announced late Tuesday that they’d reached a budget agreement envisioning spending an enormous $3.5 trillion over the coming decade, paving the way for their drive to pour federal resources into climate change, health care and family-service programs sought by President Joe Biden. The accord marks a major step in the party’s push to meet Biden’s goal of bolstering an economy that was ravaged by the pandemic and setting it on course for long-term growth — and...

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a negotiator in the infrastructure talks, speaks to reporters as senators arrive for votes at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Yesterday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, met at the White House with President Joe Biden to address roadblocks on on an infrastructure agreement. J. Scott Applewhite - staff, AP

Bipartisan infrastructure deal stalls as bigger plan gains By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal senators struck with President Joe Biden is at risk of stalling out as Republicans mount stiff resistance over ways to pay for it and momentum shifts to a more robust Democratic proposal that could come into focus as soon as Tuesday. Biden’s big infrastructure proposals are moving on parallel tracks in Congress in a race against time and political headwinds to make a once-in-a-generation investment in the nation. Senat...