Infrastructure deal: Senate suddenly acts to take up bill WASHINGTON (AP) â The Senate voted Wednesday night to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan, acting with sudden speed after weeks of fits and starts once the White House and a bipartisan group of senators agreed on major provisions of the package thatâs key to President Joe Bidenâs agenda. Biden welcomed the accord as one that would show America can âdo big things." It includes the most significant long-term investments in nearly a century, he said, on par with building the transcontinental railroad or the Interstate highway system.