Seventeen Republican senators voted with all 50 Democrats on Wednesday to advance a bipartisan infrastructure deal, in a win for President Biden
The vote the first of several steps expected before the Senate decides whether or not to ultimately pass the bill comes one week after all Republicans blocked a similar move, arguing that Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer
But the group announced earlier Wednesday that it had reached a final agreement with the White House for a $1.2 trillion bill over eight years, with $550 billion in new spending. Because the group is still finalizing text, the Senate is taking up a shell bill that it will swap the language into once it is complete.