This Week in DC
The Senate debates its massive, bipartisan infrastructure bill this week in hopes of sending the legislation off to the House before senators start their August recess.
The 2,702-page bill, which was formally offered on the Senate floor Sunday night after negotiators spent the weekend working out the text, would provide $550 billion in new spending for roads and bridges, waterways and rail improvements to Western water projects, electric charging stations and public transit.
“We want to be done (with the bill) by Thursday. We want to move on,” Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation.
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The 2,702-page bill, which was formally offered on the Senate floor Sunday night after negotiators spent the weekend working out the text, would provide $550 billion in new spending for roads and bridges, waterways and rail improvements to Western water projects, electric charging stations and public transit.
“We want to be done (with the bill) by Thursday. We want to move on,” Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation.
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