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Topic | $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passes cloture with 67(!) votes |
ElatedVenusaur 07/28/21 11:37:35 PM #1: | https://www.axios.com/12-trillion-infrastructure-bill-vote-senate-4247fdc0-e46b-4ab5-ab86-42a1f984d715.html It will still need to pass the actual vote, but with this many votes for invoking cloture, it is likely a formality. This is the lame one that mostly repurposes unspent money: only $550 billion is new spending(you can see the breakdown in the article). Speaker Pelosi and House Progressive Caucus members have said they won't advance the bi-partisan bill unless/until the more substantial $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill put forward by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders passes the Senate, though Sen. Sinema has already indicated she objects to that price tag. The Sanders proposal includes --- She/her ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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