then that is the amendment process will start. that means that senators could offer potential changes to this bill. but they can t do that until this text is released which is one reason why there is an expectation that the senate is going to be in for at least part of the weekend. which is very rare for the united states senate. it is rare for them to be on a friday let alone a saturday or a sunday. but it speaks to the urgency of the democratic leaders are trying to get this done within about a week s time. get this out of the senate and so they could move on to the larger effort to move forward on a $3.5 trillion package to expand the social safety net and have push through a whole host of democratic priorities. but first order of business is getting this bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure package through that would include about $550 billion in new money for so-called hard infrastructure, whether it is broadband, whether it is water systems an the like. they have to get the bi
reporter: well, we could do that. we are also still waiting for the bill text itself, what they ll actually vote on. it is more than 1,000 pages, that s what is ekszxpected at least. this 57-page outline gives a run break down. it would include about $110 billion for roads and bridges, an additional $66 billion for public transit that had been actually one of the sticking points here. you can see money is spreadal across different areas of so-called hard infrastructure, clean water, about $55 billion for that. that was another sticking point that emerged through the course of the talks. this will be financed through a wide range of efforts that would not raise taxes. that had been a red line for republicans. democrats did not want to raise the gas tax so both were off the table. instead, they will redirect covid relief money that has been enacted but not yet spent. they will do things such as target so-called cryptocurrency to raise more than $28 billion. also, they assume this propo
80% would go to highways, and republican senators represent more rural areas and want a smaller chair to public transit. and washington state congresswoman said if they want to address climate change without taking on the biggest polluters in transportation, quote, what are we doing? unquote. another issue is the timing. there are two infrastructure bills. the bipartisan infrastructure bill focuses on so-called hard infrastructure, roads, bridges, tunnels, that kind of thing. democrats hope to pass that with at least ten republican votes. and a larger bill focuses on human infrastructure, and democrats plan to pass that through reconciliation with a simple majority vote. nancy pelosi said she would not hold a vote on the hard infrastructure bill until the human infrastructure bill passes.
but many republican senators are advocating for a smaller share to public transit. house democrats have warned against negotiating away too much. washington state privilege i have said if they want to address climate change without taking on the biggest polluters and transportation, quote, what are we doing, unquote. another issue is the timing. remember, there are two infrastructure bills. the bipartisan infrastructure bill focuses on so-called hard infrastructure. roads, bridges, tunnels, that kind of thing. democrats hope to pass that with at least ten republican votes. a larger bill focuses on human infrastructure. democrats intend to pass that through reconciliation with a simple majority vote. this, week house speaker nancy pelosi said she would not hold a vote on the hard infrastructure bills, the bipartisan one, until the human and full structure bill passes. but the august recess is right around the corner and if we don t make it to that did start
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