WASHINGTON, Aug 7 — The US Senate will meet for the second weekend in a row today in hopes of passing a US$1 trillion (RM4.21 trillion) infrastructure bill that has struggled to overcome a series of last-minute delays and objections, despite strong bipartisan support. The package, which...
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 — The US Senate will meet for the second weekend in a row today in hopes of passing a US$1 trillion infrastructure bill that has struggled to overcome a series of last-minute delays and objections, despite strong bipartisan support.
After hours of closed-door negotiations, senators were unable to reach agreement on Thursday on a final batch of amendments before many lawmakers left town to attend the funeral on Friday of former Senator Mike Enzi in Wyoming. Twenty-two amendments have already been debated. “It’s just the way this place works. People want their amendments to be voted on, and when they can’t get them voted on because one side or the other objects, then they hold up everybody else,” Senator Rob Portman, the lead Republican negotiator, told reporters today.
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