July 29, 2021 19:57 PM
The U.S. Senate conducted a procedural vote on the evening of the 28th local time on the $1 trillion infrastructure construction bill, and the vote was passed
The U.S. Senate conducted a procedural vote on the evening of the 28th local time on the $1 trillion infrastructure construction bill, and the vote was passed.
In the ballot that night, 67 votes in favor and 32 votes against, and the procedural ballot was passed. Among them, all 50 Democratic congressmen voted in favor, and another 17 Republican congressmen voted in favor. According to regulations, after the procedural vote is passed, the Senate will begin formal discussions and vote on the $1 trillion infrastructure construction bill, and it will eventually require 60 votes to pass.
Before the vote, 21 senators from the two parties jointly issued a statement saying that the two parties have reached a preliminary agreement on the infrastructure bill, which will bring many jobs and will not increase taxes.
U.S. President Biden issued a statement that day, saying that the two parties reached an agreement that the United States “can do great things.” He called the infrastructure plan “the most important long-term investment” in the United States in nearly a century.
According to US media reports, the $1 trillion infrastructure bill includes $550 billion in new additional expenditures, of which $110 billion will be used to build highways, $66 billion will be used to build railways, and $65 billion will be used to build broadband-related facilities. 40 billion U.S. dollars is used to repair bridges, etc.
The two parties in the Senate have been negotiating the infrastructure bill for more than a month. Many of them have been deadlocked. The two parties have differences on specific projects and how to raise funds. At present, the two sides basically agree to use the remaining funds in the economic stimulus plan to deal with the epidemic to pay for this expenditure.
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