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Senate has votes to clear $1-trillion infrastructure Bill: Report

The legislation would be the largest infusion of federal investment into infrastr­ucture projects in more than a decade

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The Senate has secured the votes to pass a sprawling $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Tuesday to rebuild the nation’s deteriorating roads and bridges and fund new climate resilien­ce and broadband initiatives, delivering a key component of President Biden’s agenda.
 
The legislation would be the largest infusion of federal investment into infrastr­ucture projects in more than a decade, touching nearly every facet of the American economy and fortifying the nation’s response to the warming of the planet.
 
It would provide historic levels of funding for the modernisation of the nation’s power grid and projects to better manage climate

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