The Senate is debating the more than 2,700-page, $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, with Democrats targeting the weekend of Aug. 6 to finalize the package. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he’s looking to hold a key vote to end the debate quickly, at which time the bill would need 60 votes to move forward. It will be up to Schumer to make the final decision about when to end the amendment process, although Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned the majority leader to not rush the consideration of amendments. McConnell said in a statement that the Senate must have “a robust and bipartisan amendment process on legislation of this magnitude. Our full consideration of this bill must not be choked off by any artificial timetable that our Democratic colleagues may have penciled out for political purposes.” Schumer wants to move from the bipartisan bill to the Democrat’s $3.5 …
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