The Senate clears a key procedural hurdle on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, voting 67 to 27 on a motion to invoke cloture, which ends debate and allows for a final vote on the bill in the coming days.
to build roads, public transit and other priorities of President Joe Biden, which would inject a windfall of money into a series of transportation projects that have long enjoyed support from both parties.
On Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris separately met with Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Jon Tester, D-Mont., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Tom Carper, D-Del., according to a White House official. During her conversations, the vice president discussed the bipartisan infrastructure bill and applauded efforts to pass this historic legislation. She also discussed the importance of Congress passing voting rights legislation, said the official.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has repeatedly said the Senate will stay in session and cut into the August recess — which is scheduled to begin this weekend — to complete passage of the infrastructure bill and a budget resolution, which precedes work on that separate, multitrillion-dollar bill.Teaganne Finn is a political reporter for NBC News.
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