Senate nears pivotal vote on bipartisan infrastructure deal that's still unwritten

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will force a vote next Wednesday on advancing the bipartisan infrastructure package, a hardball tactic aimed at moving President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda forward before the August recess.

“Everyone has been having productive conversations and it’s important to keep the two-track process moving,” Schumer said in a floor speech Thursday. “All parties involved in the bipartisan infrastructure bill talks must now finalize their agreement so that the Senate can begin considering that legislation next week.”

The New York Democrat added that he is setting the same deadline for the Democratic caucus to reach a consensus on a budget resolution setting up a $3.5 trillion social spending plan.

Schumer’s timetable comes as the Senate's bipartisan infrastructure negotiators are unlikely to meet their own self-imposed Thursday deadline to resolve outstanding issues among members, according to two sources familiar with the talks.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-nears-pivotal-vote-on-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal-thats-still-unwritten/ar-AAMbRWY

[WHITT]

1. Watch This Maneuver

The Repubs haven't even sent their proposal to the CBO for scoring yet. Could be a Humpty Dumpty moment.

[wiggs]

2. Suggestion to dems and media: focus on the needs; on how small the package is in comparison to

the total amount really needed; on who foots the bill for infrastructure if this doesn't pass; on the huge costs of dealing with infrastructure failure instead of repair; on the costs to commerce with underperforming infrastructure; on the stimulus effects, etc.

Instead of making this merely tiresome POLITICAL fight, make it a fight on the substance. Easy case to make...don't know why it isn't made more effectively.