Senate Passes $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, in Major Victory for Biden.<br />Senate Passes $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, in Major Victory for Biden.<br />Bipartisan support for the bill <br />was overwhelming, .<br />represented by a vote of 69 to 30.<br />The bill is the most significant <br />federal financial commitment to the <br />nation's infrastructure in more than ten years.<br />Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Rob Portman <br />hailed the passage of the bill as a <br />stepping stone to uniting a deeply divided U.S.<br />This is what it looks like when elected leaders take a step toward healing our country’s divisions rather than feeding those very divisions, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, (D-AZ), <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />[This legislation] will be a lasting bipartisan achievement to help the people we represent — it’s going to improve the lives of <br />all Americans, Sen. Rob Portman, (R-OH), <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />While the bill does infuse funding for <br />roads and bridges across the country, .<br />it also makes an unprecedented commitment to the modernization of power grids and other aging systems.<br />In addition, the bill allocates billions to address climate change.<br />One billion is allocated to address issues <br />that plague underserved communities, <br />with significant focus on clean water.<br />The bill now heads to the House where<br />Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have already indicated that they will not vote on it ... .<br />... until the Senate also passes the $3.5 budget <br />resolution that was announced earlier in the week.<br />Whatever you can achieve in a bipartisan way — bravo, we salute it, Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA), House Majority Leader, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />But at the same time, we’re not going forward with leaving people behind, Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA), House Majority Leader, <br />via 'The New York Times'
