Joshua johnson . Welcome to the week. The sun is working. Its Infrastructure Weekend on Capitol Hill, we heard from Kristen Cinema of Arizona And Rob portman of ohio. They just gave short speeches on the Senate Floor. They have been among those leading the negotiations on this bill. Now we still dont have the final text, but the plan is to file that bill is a substitute amendment tonight. The current bill is just over 2700 pages long. So far. The senate will then move to the amendment process, where we are told this should be completed in a matter of days. But the Bipartisan Bill is just half of the story. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promise once that legislation has passed, he will mediately move to the Budget Reconciliation instructions. Those blue principle at the senate begin working on a 3. 5 trillion dollar social health and environmental bill. Sometimes weve called it the human Infrastructure Bill. Using reconciliation to pass that, one would allow for a simple Majority Vote i
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Transportation, for energy, for water infrastructure, broadband inner fracture and creating jobs in america. it s going to be done in a bipartisan manner. it s going to be a good way for the united states. senate earlier we had elizabeth warren, on colleague alicia menendez. she said this bill s been two hours away for days now. how confident are you that you re going to get about before sunrise? it seems like this is been going on for quite some time. it has been going on for a long time, because quite frankly, this specifics are difficult, the draft and the committees were not involved in the original drafting and negotiations. we have been very busy all week and making sure the bill is drafted properly. i am confident we will see the bill tonight, and that will start voting on amendments tomorrow. i know it s been a long process, but the prize at the end is not only passing this infrastructure bill. but getting on to the budget reconciliation bill. which is so important for the
Joshua johnson? welcome to the week. the sun is working. it s infrastructure weekend on capitol hill, we heard from kristen cinema of arizona and rob portman of ohio. they just gave short speeches on the senate floor. they have been among those leading the negotiations on this bill. now we still don t have the final text, but the plan is to file that bill is a substitute amendment tonight. the current bill is just over 2700 pages long. so far. the senate will then move to the amendment process, where we are told this should be completed in a matter of days. but the bipartisan bill is just half of the story. majority leader chuck schumer promise once that legislation has passed, he will mediately move to the budget reconciliation instructions. those blue principle at the senate begin working on a 3.5 trillion dollar social health and environmental bill. sometimes we ve called it the