Leaving the Senate floor on Sunday, Senator Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah, told reporters: “We’re doing it the old-fashioned way.”The bipartisan package was in part born of a desire in both parties to show that the old-fashioned way in the Senate can, in fact, work. As the infrastructure bill inches toward passage, those liberals have made their discontent with it plain. And Democratic leaders do not intend to stick with the old-fashioned way for very long: As soon as the sprawling measure passes, they plan to turn to partisan votes to try to pass their $3.5 trillion budget plan and voting rights legislation. The first was legislation authorizing nearly a quarter-trillion dollars over the next five years into scientific research and development to bolster competitiveness against China. Twenty-two amendments have so far been considered for the bipartisan bill.

Source: New York Times August 08, 2021 23:34 UTC