Infrastructure bill advanced with $550 billion in new spending
Story Date: 7/29/2021

 

Source: ROLL CALL, 7/28/21

The Senate on Wednesday voted to advance bipartisan infrastructure legislation, capping weeks of late-night negotiations and launching the next step in what has become one of President Joe Biden’s key domestic priorities — even as challenges await the measure in the House. 

By a 67-32 vote, the Senate moved to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the legislative vehicle for a bipartisan infrastructure plan with $550 billion in new spending. Seventeen Republicans, seven more than the 10 needed to invoke cloture in a 50-50 Senate, joined Democrats to vote to move forward.


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