Senate approves ‘blueprint’ for $3.5T plan that includes money for education, the environment, child care
$1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan the Senate passed Tuesday. Some moderate Senate Democrats have reservations about the $3.5 trillion price tag, while progressive Democrats in the House say they’re willing to vote against the infrastructure deal if the larger package isn’t to their liking. told the Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, that she has made it clear to Senate leadership that “while I will support beginning this process, I do not support a bill that costs $3.5 trillion.”
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The $3.5 trillion bill calls for creating free pre-kindergarten for three and four-year-olds, two years of free community college, and establishing paid family and sick leave. It also would expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision benefits.
Democrats have long stressed a “two track plan” for passing the two plans — arguing the bipartisan deal that invests in roads, bridges, transportation and broadband is simply not big enough.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday ahead of the Senate’s passage on the infrastructure package, saying “we Democrats believe we need to do much more.”
“The bipartisan infrastructure bill is a very significant bill, but our country has other very significant, very important challenges,” he continued, saying the budget resolution will “make generational transformation” in the areas of climate change and tax codes.