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Sort of protect that recovery and stay that course by keeping this consistency here. it's also a name that's probably not going to get a lot of opposition in the senate, though who knows. everything seems to be able to create some opposition in the senate from republicans. but powell has had bipartisan support in the past. so he is someone that should be able to withstand a confirmation process. he is not necessarily the number one pick by the more progressive wing of the democratic party, who wanted to see someone more aligned with their views on banking reform and climate change, but probabl...

The hard left attracts more media attention than votes — both in Congress and with the electorate.

But he has been bogged down for weeks because of wrangling between members of his own party, progressives and moderates. the progressives and moderates. the progressive wing wanted to tie this legislation to the passage of a larger social spending climate control bill but in the end, the house speaker decided to press ahead with a vote on the infrastructure package alone which has already been passed in the upper house, the senate, and she succeeded in pulling that off with the help of some republican support as well. what this does is provides billions of dollars to repair roads, bridges and ...

Feel left behind and forgotten this an economy that's changing so rapidly, this bill is for you. the vast majority of the thousands of jobs that will be created don't require a college degree. this is a blue collar blueprint to rebuild america, and it's long overdue. >> reporter: here's what's in the will. $110 billion for roads, bridges and transformational projects, $89.9 billion for public transit, $66 billion for railways, $65 billion for clean energy transmission and another $65 billion to expand access to high-seed internet. the bill passed 228-206 late last night, just before midnight. ...

Speed internet, 50 billion to protect against droughts, floods and wildfires. and 13 republicans voted for it, six democrats against it, including the so-called squad led by alexandria ocasio-cortez, the progressive wing blocked the bill for months to force a vote on the massive social spending bill, a separate spending bill which will come after congress returns. moderate democrats wanted to wait for the budget office to provide a score on the spending bill. estimated 1.75 trillion down from 3.5 trillion. house speaker nancy pelosi reacted to the defections from her party. >> what's your reac...