Senate passes $1T bipartisan infrastructure bill in major victory for Biden

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

The Senate on Tuesday passed a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal, a significant win for President Biden and the first step on his top legislative priority.

Senators voted 69-30 on the bill, which was spearheaded by a bipartisan group of senators led by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio).

The bill is now heading to the House, where it faces an uncertain future and skepticism from progressives. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has vowed she won't take it up until the Senate passes the second part of its infrastructure two step, a sweeping $3.5 trillion spending package that includes Democrats' top priorities.

But the Senate's passage of the bipartisan measure on Tuesday gives a victory for Biden and the centrist-minded group that led the legislation, and placed big bets and months of time on the ability to get a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, one of Washington's long-running legislative white whales.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/567125-senate-passes-1t-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-in-major-victory-for-biden

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[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[JohnSJ]

2. Message to trump..... (FU)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Indeed

[Beachnutt]

3. What was the final vote count ?

Dems and Rethugs

[demmiblue]

4. 69-30 (I updated the OP with more info). n/t

[JudyM]

8. Thanks. We all needed this great news!

[JohnSJ]

7. This is huge news. Interesting that the Cuomo resignation has taken this off the headlines for now

[WHITT]

9. We'll See

This bill will never pass the House on it's own. Maybe the Speaker can get them to hold their nose and vote for it, IF they get everything they want in the reconciliation infrastructure bill. If anybody, ANYBODY, scuttles the reconciliation bill, this 'bipartisan' bill is a rusty old boat anchor heading for the bottom of the ocean.

[Johnny2X2X]

12. It would pass on its own

Only a couple Dems would be a problem, but Nancy would convince them, but it doesn't have to because the Senate will pass the Budget Deal through reconciliation this week too.

[WHITT]

20. Oh

a lot more than a couple. The Squad+ could sink it, with zero downside for any of them. I remember seeing part of a video where AOC was saying to the Senate Repubs, be careful what you send us, we only have a three-seat majority.

Given all of what's in the bill, and what's not in the bill, it will be a tough road even alongside the reconciliation bill.

[PatSeg]

10. Am I actually awake?

I never thought I'd see something like this again in my lifetime.

[mbmsr]

11. Does go to House or signature?

I know this big deal but after this they will now reconciliation. When will they get to voting rights it' just doesn't seem like it's high priority when nothing else should get done until they do that!

[Johnny2X2X]

13. It goes to the House

But the plan is for the reconciliation bill to go with it.

Voting Rights will get done early next year.

[mbmsr]

14. Next year geez why rush I mean it's not like there be a election next year!

If they do wait till next year I just see how this is going play out all those new voting restrictions get outlawed those states will go go to court and say it to late to change the rules for this election and of course the supreme court will side with them!

[Johnny2X2X]

15. It's their only option

They'll have used their 2 reconciliations up. Unless they can get 10 Republicans to go along with a reasonable bill, which is not likely.

[mbmsr]

16. No it's not Biden needs summon his president Johnson and do what ever. Give manchin and

sinema what ever it takes to nuke filibuster at least for voting reform

[Johnny2X2X]

17. I think Biden and Dems have a plan

They're delivering for the middle class, they aren't going to forget voting rights or it's all for nothing.

The panic here on voting rights is something else, the republicans are not going to succeed and they are being thwarted already.

[wiggs]

18. Angers me that the headline and gist of the article are about the political 'win' and not

the win for the people, a win for governance, for meeting a desperate need, creating jobs, etc.

For media, it's always about which political leader loses and which leaders win. Which stirs resentment. Which makes many feel like they lost when they didn't.

[westen]

19. The nay votes in the Senate shouldn't get any funds. NT

[moondust]

21. Moscow Mitch want bridge money?

Brent Spence Bridge

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