Infrastructure Plan Debate
Senate Republicans blocked debate on a vast and still-unfinished infrastructure plan, rejecting Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) drive to forge ahead while negotiators from both parties struggle to complete details of the $579 billion package…
President Biden, appearing at a union electrical training center in Cincinnati, Ohio, was asked if he’ll get an infrastructure deal…
In the House, where Democrats currently have a four-vote majority, it may be opposed by some progressive Democrats who want more infrastructure resources and assurances that a larger partisan economic will pass the Senate, and by some Republicans who say it spends too much…
Some Democrats in the House and Senate are growing impatient with the negotiations, and are advocating dropping the talks and adding the infrastructure package to a planned $3.5 trillion economic measure they could pass under Senate procedures without GOP support...
President meets Democrats on Infrastructure
President Joe Biden returned to Capitol Hill last Wednesday, 7/14, to meet with Senate Democrats during their luncheon to pitch both the bipartisan infrastructure proposal and a legislative package that can be pursued through reconciliation…
Senate Committee Advances Bipartisan Energy Infrastructure Bill
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on 7/14 advanced an energy bill that’s expected to be part of the bipartisan infrastructure framework by a 13-7 vote…
House Passes $715 Billion Infrastructure Bill
On July 1, the House approved a five-year, $715 billion transportation and drinking water bill that would do more to combat climate change than the Senate’s bipartisan measure embraced by President Biden…
Bipartisan House Group’s endorsement of Senate Infrastructure Plan
A group of Democratic and Republican House members on Tuesday, 7/6, endorsed the bipartisan infrastructure framework crafted by senators and the White House, but potentially complicated its path to passage along the way…
Conservative Advocates Align Against Infrastructure Deal
Conservative political groups are organizing in opposition to the tentative bipartisan infrastructure deal, urging Republican lawmakers to reject the framework agreed on by the White House and a bipartisan group of senators…