Top Senate Dem sets infrastructure vote, pressures lawmakers

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Source: Associated Press

By KEVIN FREKING and ALAN FRAM an hour ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pressured lawmakers Thursday to reach agreement by next week on a pair of massive domestic spending measures, signaling Democrats’ desire to push ahead aggressively on President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar agenda.

Schumer, D-N.Y., said he was scheduling a procedural vote for next Wednesday to begin debate on a still-evolving bipartisan infrastructure bill. Senators from both parties, bargaining for weeks, have struggled to reach final agreement on a $1 trillion package of highway, water systems and other public works projects.

Schumer said he also wanted Democratic senators to reach agreement among themselves by then on specific details of a separate 10-year budget blueprint that envisions $3.5 trillion in spending for climate change, education, an expansion of Medicare and more.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-government-and-politics-climate-change-3172b459fd33c92eb3b1e648e3e98437

[Tomconroy]

1. Absolutely. Time to vote!

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Lets change this country.....this is a great start.

If this gets effectively distributed, the pump will create s20TT in wealth. For every $1 we put back to the workers, the economic ripple generates $8.00. When we give trillion dollar taxcuts, it goes into tax shelters for the wealthy.

[Harker]

3. "Top Senate Dem"?

I think I like 'Senate Majority Leader Schumer' better.