Schumer sets up key vote on bipartisan deal

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said the Senate will vote to open debate on the bipartisan infrastructure deal Wednesday, setting up a key test vote on the legislation.

"Today I'm announcing that I intend to file cloture on the vehicle for the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Monday of next week," Schumer said from the Senate floor.

Because the bipartisan group doesn't actually have a bill, Schumer will file cloture on a shell bill that senators will later swap the bipartisan legislation into. The bill will need 60 votes to get over Wednesday's initial hurdle. If every Democrat votes to advance it, something that isn't certain, that means Democrats would need at least 10 GOP votes.