- Title: Schumer says he believes Senate has votes for bipartisan infrastructure plan
- Date: 28th July 2021
- Summary: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (JULY 28, 2021) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) (SOUNDBITE) (English) SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, CHUCK SCHUMER [D-NY], APPROACHING JOURNALISTS AND THEN, SAYING: "OK. Hello, everybody, I am going to give a brief statement, then I have to go and meet with the prime minister of Iraq. So, I've said for weeks, whoops, supposed to take off my glasses. I've said for weeks that we intend to do two things in July - one, a bipartisan infrastructure bill and two, a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions. We are on track to do both. Tonight, I am intending to call a vote to move to proceed to the bipartisan infrastructure bill. I believe we have the votes for that and we will then proceed to do amendments and go forward on that bill. We are also in very good shape to move forward on the budget resolution with reconciliation instructions. So, both tracks are moving forward in a very good way. Thank you."
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- Keywords: Biden Democrats Republicans Schumer Senate infrastructure
- Location: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Lawmaking,Government/Politics,United States
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- Story Text:The U.S. Senate will hold a key procedural vote on a bipartisan infrastructure plan on Wednesday (July 28) night, the Senate's Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said, predicting the votes were in hand to move forward on the measure.
Lawmakers have said that Senate negotiators have reached agreement on the major components of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.
The agreement, which follows months of talks between Senate Democrats and Republicans, is also backed by President Joe Biden and expected to gain strong support from lawmakers on both sides of the party aisle.
Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Senator Rob Portman, the two lead Senate negotiators, announced the agreement to reporters in the Capitol. Details on transit and broadband were still being finalized but lawmakers said legislative text would be completed soon.
The procedural vote would simply limit debate on whether the Senate should begin considering a bipartisan infrastructure investment bill, thought to be in the range of $1.2 trillion.
The bipartisan bill, which failed a similar vote last week when major issues remained unresolved, is a key component of Biden's larger domestic policy agenda. Democrats plan to address the remainder with a sweeping $3.5 trillion reconciliation package that Republicans have vowed to oppose.
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