“This infrastructure bill is not the perfect bill,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, one of the negotiators. Despite the momentum, action slowed last weekend when Sen. Bill Hagerty, a Tennessee Republican allied with Trump, refused to speed up the process. He had tried and failed to pass his own infrastructure bill during his time in the White House. Rather than pressure his colleagues, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky stayed behind the scenes for much of the bipartisan work. After the Senate vote, she declared, “Today is a day of progress ... a once in a century opportunity.”

Source: ABC News August 10, 2021 04:16 UTC