The Senate is voting on amendments to the bipartisan infrastructure plan as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer aims to vote on it this week.
Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat and one of the bill's negotiators, told NBC News on Wednesday that he thinks the amendment process could end as soon as Thursday evening. Sen. Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat who is managing the debate, told NBC he will not hurry to shut down the amendment process.
"I don't think there's a rush to judgment to just shut down the debate," he said Wednesday. "We're giving folks an opportunity to offer their amendments, and hopefully we'll continue with the kind of spirit that we've shown already." Barring a GOP upheaval, the bill appears set to pass with more than the 60 votes needed for approval. Democratic and GOP supporters of the proposal call it an overdue investment in transportation, broadband and utilities that will jolt the economy as the country tries to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
It includes $550 billion in new spending on roads, bridges, airports, ports, electric vehicle charging stations, internet, water systems and power, among other policies. Many Democrats have pushed for their second spending plan as they try to bolster households though expansions of child care, paid leave, education and health care. Lawmakers in the party have also contended the infrastructure plan does not do enough to curb emissions and prepare buildings and transit systems for the effects of climate change.
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