Is Biden expected to win a major legislative victory? The trillion-dollar infrastructure bill passed the Senate

Is Biden expected to win a major legislative victory? The trillion-dollar infrastructure bill passed the Senate

　　 Chinanews, August 11th. According to a comprehensive report, on the 10th, the US Senate passed a bipartisan infrastructure agreement worth about $1 trillion. If this bill passes the House of Representatives, it will be a big victory for President Biden. Biden described this as a "historic" bill.

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　　 The bill was passed by 69 votes to 30. In addition to all Democrats, 19 Republicans voted in favor.

The Senate Majority Leader Schumer, a Democrat of New York State, said before the vote: “Today, the Senate has taken steps ten years late. This bill will revitalize the infrastructure of the United States and give our workers, our companies, and our The economy provides the tools to succeed in the 21st century."

　　 One of the main Republican negotiators and Ohio Republican Rob Portman said before the vote that in the past few decades, successive presidents have tried to pass infrastructure packages, but they all ended in failure, and the Senate "is about to make history."

　　This bill, which has been enacted for several months, requires the federal government to spend a new US$550 billion on improving America’s aging infrastructure, including investing money to slow the impact of climate change. However, this is still much lower than Biden's earlier proposal of $2.6 trillion.

　　 According to the analysis of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the bill will increase the deficit by 256 billion yuan, but negotiators from both parties believe that these "hard" infrastructure projects will recover their costs over time.

　　 The bill will then be submitted to the House of Representatives for a vote, but due to differences within the Democratic Party, which has a majority in the House of Representatives, the fate of this bill in the House of Representatives is facing uncertainty.

　　 House Speaker Pelosi vowed that she would not submit the first part of the bill to a vote unless the Senate passed the second part of the infrastructure plan, which is a $3.5 trillion spending package including Democratic priorities.

拜登有望获重大立法胜利？万亿美元基建法案参院过关

　　中新网8月11日电 综合报道，10日，美国国会参议院通过了一项总值约1万亿美元的两党基础设施协议。这项法案如果在众议院也过关，将是总统拜登的一大胜利。拜登形容这是一项“历史性”法案。

资料图：美国总统拜登。

　　该法案以69票对30票获得通过，除全部民主党人外，还有19名共和党人投下了赞成票。

　　参议院多数党领袖、纽约州民主党人舒默在表决前说：“今天，参议院采取了迟到十年的步骤，这项法案将振兴美国的基础设施，并给我们的工人、我们的企业、我们的经济提供在21世纪取得成功的工具。”

　　共和党主要谈判代表之一、俄亥俄州共和党人波特曼（Rob Portman）在投票前表示，过去几十年，历任总统都试图通过基建一揽子计划，但都以失败告终，参议院“即将创造历史”。

　　这份经过数月制定的法案，要求联邦政府新支出5500亿美元用于改善美国日益老旧的基础设施，包括投入资金减缓气候变迁带来冲击的速度。不过，这仍大大低于拜登早些时候提出的2.6万亿美元。

　　根据国会预算办公室（CBO）的分析，该法案将增加2560亿元的赤字，但两党谈判代表认为，这些“硬”基础设施项目会随着时间的推移而收回成本。

　　该法案接下来将提交国会众议院进行表决，但由于在众院居多数的民主党内部出现分歧，这项法案在众院的命运面临不确定性。

　　众议院议长佩洛西曾誓言，除非参议院通过基础设施方案的第二部分，也就是包括民主党优先事项在内的总额达3.5万亿美元的一揽子支出计划，否则她不会将第一部分法案提交表决。