The details of the US infrastructure plan 0:59
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The U.S. Senate approved a landmark $ 1.2 trillion bipartisan package to shore up the nation's crumbling infrastructure with funding for priorities like highways, bridges, railroads, transit and the power grid.
Vice President Kamala Harris announced the final vote: 69-30.
The legislation will now go to the House of Representatives, where it faces an uncertain future, before it can be sent to President Joe Biden's desk for enactment into law.
The bill, called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, includes $ 550 billion in new federal spending over five years:
Investment of ...
US $ 110,000 million in roads, bridges and large projects.
US $ 66,000 million in passenger and freight trains
US $ 65,000 million to rebuild the electricity grid
$ 65 billion to expand broadband internet access
$ 39 billion to modernize and expand transit systems
US $ 7.5 billion to build a national network of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles
$ 55 billion for water infrastructure, $ 15 billion of which will go to replace lead pipes.
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Why the infrastructure bill is more important than ever to Biden
What will happen now
The House of Representatives is not likely to accept the bill until the fall.
The lower house is holding sessions in the August recess and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has indicated that the House will not accept the bipartisan bill until Senate Democrats pass a separate and more expansive package with no Republican votes. under the budget reconciliation process, a position that has been criticized by Republicans and rejected by some moderate Democrats.