The senators negotiating a $550 billion infrastructure package largely finished the text of their legislation Sunday, moving the Senate a crucial step closer to likely passage this week.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the chamber would be ready to vote on the bipartisan bill “in a matter of days.” The bipartisan group that negotiated the plan was combing through the 2,701-page bill Sunday afternoon and making minor changes.
“There are no disagreements among the parties. It’s just getting all the nits and nats corrected,” Utah Republican Mitt Romney, one of the negotiators, told reporters.
Once the Senate acts final congressional action won’t come until after the House returns from a recess in September.
It would provide the biggest infusion of U.S. federal spending on infrastructure in decades. It includes about $110 billion in new spending for roads and bridges, $73 billion of electric grid upgrades, $66 billion for rail and Amtrak, and $65 billion for broadband expansion. It also provides $55 billion for clean drinking water and $39 billion for transit.
