LATEST: Senate quickly advances $550B infrastructure deal with a 67-32 vote; 17 Republicans joined all Democrats to begin debate.
WASHINGTON — A major infrastructure package passed a key test vote Wednesday in the Senate, just hours after a bipartisan working group announced a deal after more than a month of negotiating.
"We are proud to announce we have reached a bipartisan agreement on our proposal to make the strongest investment in America’s critical infrastructure in a generation. Our plan will create good-paying jobs in communities across our country without raising taxes," the working group of 21 senators, led by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said in a statement.
"This deal signals to the world that our democracy can function, deliver, and do big things," he said."This deal makes key investments to put people to work all across the country—in cities, small towns, rural communities, and across our coastlines and plains."
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