House transfers $ 1 trillion infrastructure plan, send it to Biden desk

President Biden enters a U.S. building Capitol and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., At a meeting on 28 Oct. and the House Democrats in discussions about the group’s home expenses.

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After months of heated debate, the House of Representatives passed a $ 1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, $ 228-206, accomplishing the most important of President Biden's domestic agenda and strengthening the political victory of Democrats.

The rating includes significant investments in roads, bridges, trains and broadband internet.

It passed late Friday night in accordance with party rules, with 13 Republicans joining 215 Democrats in support of the law.

But the bill also saw six developing Democrats voting for them because a major public spending strategy failed to gain enough support for the by-elections on Friday.

Last-minute agreements

The night's vote on infrastructure followed an agreement between the Democratic Party parties, with proportional members issuing additional assurances that they would pass a major election spending bill.

"We are committed to voting for the Build Back Better Act, in its current form ... as soon as we receive the financial information from the Congressional Budget Office - but nothing happened after the week of November 15th - in line with high revenue lines. And investment" in the White House framework. , an important group of five partners - Reps. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, Josh Gottheimer, DN.J., Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., Kathleen Rice, DN.Y., and Kurt Schrader, D-Ore. - means a statement.

The group added that if CBO points were not in line with the White House framework, "they remain committed to resolving any dispute in order to pass the Build Back Better Act."

Shortly afterwards, the chairman of the ongoing caucus, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Issued a statement saying her caucus had reached an agreement "with our partners ... to advance both sections of President Biden's legal agenda."

Biden took part in the final talks, issuing a statement Friday night urging all House Democrats to support the final passage of the infrastructure bill. He added that he hoped that during the week of November 15, the House would pass the Build Back Better Act.

The infrastructure bill, which passed the Senate in August with strong bilateral support, covers about $ 550 billion in excess of what the ANC had already planned to put in place for infrastructure over the next eight years.

The program will be funded in a number of ways, including the re-use of unused emergency aid funds since the COVID-19 epidemic and strengthening tax enforcement on cryptocurrencies. The CBO predicted that the bill would add about $ 256 billion to the projected budget over the next 10 years.

How to pass

The bill's journey from the Senate to Biden's desk was long and turbulent.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Intends to introduce it and the main bill for a vote on Friday. But his plans collapsed after a few moderate members insisted that the money spent was getting points from the CBO.

"Some members want more clarification or confirmation of the prescribed numbers ... to be paid in full, and we respect that request," Pelosi told reporters Friday afternoon.

The Progressive House Democrats have been insisting for months that any vote on the infrastructure bill be included in the public budget, for fear that some moderate Democrats will be delayed or hold back a major package if the infrastructure bill passes first.

But on Friday evening, when a coalition party issued a statement expressing its commitment to finally vote for the public spending bill, Jayapal announced that his caucus would vote on the infrastructure bill, which led to the cancellation of the party's first requirement to vote for only two bills. tandem.

Some Democratic Alliance lawmakers have criticized the party for failing to pass a bill ahead of Tuesday's gubernator election in Virginia, in which Democrats ended up losing a lot.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Told reporters after the election that Democrats had "delayed" by not immediately passing the bill, which would have given Democrats a legal victory to campaign.

Policy provisions

The Build Back Better disposal package was originally valued at $ 3.5 trillion. Democrats have chosen to use a process called budget reconciliation to pass a package to the Senate without the support of the Republic. Given the very small limit on the chamber, every Senator negotiating with Democrats must be on board for the bill to survive.

That would be difficult, according to Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Cinema of Arizona have expressed concern about the size and width of the package.

Manchin said he could support the $ 1.5 billion package, prompting Democrats to cut the $ 1.75 billion package.

The reduced spending package includes pre-K for all 3- and 4-year-olds, investment in affordable housing, premium reductions under the Affordable Care Act, large investments aimed at addressing climate change and the extra year for the child extended. tax credit.

Here's a look at what's in the infrastructure bill now facing Biden's table.

Transportation

Roads, bridges, major projects: $ 110 billion Passenger and freight train: $ 66 billion Public transport: $ 39 billionPorts: $ 25 billion Port infrastructure: $ 17 billion Transport safety systems: $ 11 billion Electric cars: $ 7.5 billion mid-air: $

Another infrastructure

Broadband: $ 65 billion Energy infrastructure: $ 73 billion Clean drinking water: $ 55 billion Western sustainability and water