The Senate on Sunday night voted to end debate on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the measure expected to pass as early as this week.
Senators voted 68-29 to end the debate on the infrastructure bill, which required 60 votes. Eighteen Republican senators voted to join Democrats to end the debate.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would provide what Biden has called a “historic investment” in public works programs, the first part of the president’s rebuilding agenda.
As many as 20 Republicans are expected to join Democrats in the evenly split Senate for what would be a robust final tally, AP news reports.
If approved, the bill would go to the House.
“It has been a long day, but we have plowed through, as I have intended, and the cloture motion on the final bill has passed by a very handsome, overwhelming vote and now we will continue to move forward,” Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer said from the floor following the vote. “We will move forward to wrap this up as expeditiously as possible and then move on to the budget resolution.”
“Democrats are ready and willing to vote on additional amendments to the bill before moving to final passage. Once again that will require the cooperation of our Republican colleagues,” Schumer continued. “I hope they will cooperate so we can move more quickly. Otherwise, we’ll proceed by the book and finish the bill.”
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