Senate slowly presses forward on bipartisan infrastructure bill

Washington — The Senate is slowly inching closer to a final vote on the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, as debate on amendments to the proposal continues and Republicans urge their Democratic colleagues not to move too quickly.

The Senate has so far considered eight amendments to the plan, which provides $550 billion in new spending to revitalize the nation's physical infrastructure. The upper chamber is poised to consider another "substantial tranche" of amendments Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, though an agreement on the total number of amendments to weigh has not yet been reached. "The Senate is moving full steam ahead on the bipartisan infrastructure bill," the New York Democrat said in remarks on the Senate floor, adding they're "making great progress on amendments, and we're going to make further progress very soon."