Schumer s maneuvering sets up the test vote for Wednesday. He ll need 60 votes, including the support of at least 10 Republicans, in order to advance a shell bill, into which senators would swap the text of the bipartisan deal once it is finished. That vote on cloture will take place on Wednesday, Schumer said from the Senate floor. What we re talking about this week is a vote on whether or not to proceed to debate.
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The Wednesday vote would be the first step toward taking up and debating the bipartisan infrastructure package. Schumer on Monday night stressed that senators were just agreeing to start debate if they vote yes on Wednesday and that it was not a hard deadline for the bipartisan group to wrap up its work.
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