Bipartisan infrastructure group grows to 20 senators
By Alexander Bolton - 06/16/21 05:11 PM EDT
A group of 10 more senators announced support Wednesday for a $974 billion, five-year bipartisan infrastructure framework unveiled last week, giving the proposal a crucial political boost in the nick of time.
Republican Sens. Richard Burr (N.C.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Mike Rounds (S.C.), Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Todd Young (Ind.) announced Wednesday afternoon they will join the five Republicans who signed onto the framework last week.
They were joined by four Democrats — Sens. Chris Coons (Del.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), John Hickenlooper (Colo.) and Mark Kelly (Ariz.). — and Sen. Angus King (Maine), an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.
“We support this bipartisan framework that provides an historic investment in our nation’s core infrastructure needs without raising taxes,” the group of 20 senators said in a joint statement.
“We look forward to working with our Republican and Democratic colleagues to develop legislation based on this framework to address America’s critical infrastructure challenges.”
News of the additional Republican support now means a bipartisan infrastructure bill has a good chance of picking up 10 GOP votes and overcoming a filibuster.
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