Senate OKs infrastructure bill; fate in House tied to bigger budget bill
Story Date: 8/11/2021

 

Source: Jessica Wehrman, ROLL CALL, 8/11/21
 
Months of back-and-forth negotiations, squabbles over pay-fors and Zoom calls culminated in a long-expected, much-delayed Senate vote Tuesday to pass a sweeping bipartisan infrastructure package.

The bill passed 69-30, a margin that demonstrated its popularity in the evenly divided chamber. All 50 Democrats voted for final passage, as did 19 Republicans. Mike Rounds, a South Dakota Republican, did not vote.


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