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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenators craft dual infrastructure proposals ahead of August recess
Washington Senators are drafting two large infrastructure bills after months of negotiations, but hurdles remain in bringing the bills to the floor ahead of August recess, when lawmakers will leave Washington for several weeks.
A bipartisan group of senators and their staff are finalizing the language for a nearly $1 trillion bill that primarily addresses surface transportation and "traditional" infrastructure priorities, as well as some climate-related provisions on electric vehicles, a deal that has the support of President Biden. But some Republicans outside of the team of core negotiators have raised concerns about how the package will be paid for, expressing skepticism about the proposal to fund part of it through tax enforcement.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said that he would like to bring the bipartisan deal to the Senate floor by the week of July 19, but it's unclear whether the language of the bill will be finalized by then. GOP Senator John Thune said Tuesday that he thought it was unlikely that the bipartisan group would be able to finish writing the bill and have it scored by the Congressional Budget Office by the end of this week.
The bill will need support from 10 Republicans along with all 50 Democrats to advance, and while 11 Republicans had previously suggested they would vote for the bipartisan proposal, some of them now seem to be getting cold feet.
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Deminpenn
(15,286 posts)Lead, follow or get out of the way. Thank you.
WHITT
(2,868 posts)were touting that it had money included to replace all the lead pipes in the country. Turns out, there's not enough money in the proposal to do anywhere near all the lead pipes.
Even more evidence it's a horrific proposal. The more that is revealed, the more horrendous it becomes. Shouldn't be surprised, as it's really a Repub proposal.