Democrats race to bring bipartisan infrastructure deal to the Senate floor

With just weeks left before Congress leaves Washington for its August recess, Democrats are pushing to bring the bipartisan infrastructure deal endorsed by President Biden to the Senate floor as early as the week of July 19, a White House official confirmed to CBS News.

"As Leader Schumer has said, he wants to move on both the bipartisan plan and the budget resolution during the upcoming July/August Senate session," the official said, referring to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. "Our understanding is that the process could begin as early as the week of 7/19, given that committees are still finalizing legislative text for both the budget resolution and the bipartisan bill. We of course support going forward as fast as possible, but it would be a mistake to think of July 19 as anything more than the opening of a window." Relevant committees are currently crafting the legislative text for the bill while both houses of Congress are out of town for the 4th of July recess. The full Senate will return to Washington next week.