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Discussion Thread: Senate votes on cloture for bipartisan infrastructure bill
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Discussion Thread: Senate votes on cloture for bipartisan infrastructure bill

Posted: 28 Jul 2021 03:48 PM PDT

Tonight, the Senate is expected to hold a procedural vote on cloture for the bipartisan infrastructure bill. The bill contains over $550 billion in spending on infrastructure improvements and is the result of negotiations between the Gang of 20 Senators containing 10 Senators from each party. 60 votes are required to invoke cloture, and legislative leaders believe they will reach that mark after a large number of Republican senators have publicly signaled their support, including Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. From there, the final bill will undergo further discussion before an eventual vote on its substance is called.

Democrats will separately continue to work on a much larger $3.5 trillion spending bill for infrastructure that is expected to proceed under Reconciliation instructions>). This process cannot be filibustered and can be passed by a simple majority vote, but limitations exist on the legislation that can be passed through this mechanism, notably that legislation must only pertain to spending, revenue or the federal debt limit.

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