This Week in DC
The Senate faces a Wednesday deadline to vote on a bipartisan infrastructure package even as Democrats try to finalize a bigger $3.5 trillion package of climate provisions and domestic spending initiatives.
The infrastructure bill, which would include $579 billion in new spending, will need the support of at least 10 GOP senators to pass, and critical details still had not been worked out heading into the weekend.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said he would force an initial vote on the infrastructure measure on Wednesday.
The 22 Democrats and Republicans who have been negotiating the final details were continuing their talks on Sunday, a member of the group, Ohio Republican Rob Portman, told CNN. "This is a complex bill. It involves several committees. It involves a lot of very tough issues, because we have got to resolve them between us first," Portman said.
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The infrastructure bill, which would include $579 billion in new spending, will need the support of at least 10 GOP senators to pass, and critical details still had not been worked out heading into the weekend.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said he would force an initial vote on the infrastructure measure on Wednesday.
The 22 Democrats and Republicans who have been negotiating the final details were continuing their talks on Sunday, a member of the group, Ohio Republican Rob Portman, told CNN. "This is a complex bill. It involves several committees. It involves a lot of very tough issues, because we have got to resolve them between us first," Portman said.
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