A roughly $1 trillion infrastructure package cleared its first hurdle as the Senate voted to begin debate on the bipartisan bill
cleared its first hurdle in an opening Senate vote Wednesday night, hours after a group of senators announced the agreement following weeks of tumultuous negotiations.when many specifics of the deal were still under negotiation. Republican negotiators said Wednesday they now had enough confidence in the details of the agreement to allow it to move forward. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell backed the motion.
Completing the infrastructure agreement, which lawmakers and aides said would provide for roughly $550 billion in spending above projected federal levels, is the first step Democrats hope to take toward approving much of President Biden’s agenda on Capitol Hill in the coming months. That includes Democrats’ parallelMr.
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