Senators worked through the weekend to prepare the text of an infrastructure package for a vote this week after House members left for their August recess without advancing an extension of the eviction moratorium.
, which includes many of President Joe Biden's priorities, would inject a windfall of money into a number of transportation projects that have long enjoyed support from both parties. The 2,702-page bill includes measures aimed at reforming Amtrak, “revolutionizing” a transportation grant program and enhancing the electrical grid. Other provisions target drinking water infrastructure, broadband affordability and reducing ferry emissions.Sunday.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said on CNN's"State of the Union": “So many people have given up on the Senate. They have given up on Congress. They have given up on our ability to be able to do the big things. This is big. This is a big deal.”when the Senate voted to take up the measure even as members were still hashing out the final details. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Two key moderates in the infrastructure negotiations, Manchin and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said in appearances on the Sunday talk shows that they were optimistic that the bill would advance in the next few days. Senators are set to leave for their scheduled August recess at the end of the week. "I think we will be able to lay down the bill later today and begin perhaps consideration of some amendments," Collins said on"State of the Union.""My hope is that we'll finish the bill by the end of the week."
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