Senate to begin voting on massive infrastructure and social spending package next week

The Senate will begin voting next week on a massive infrastructure and social spending package.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the plan on the Senate floor Thursday. The New York Democrat said the Senate would vote on both a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure measure as well as a budget resolution calling for an additional $3.5 trillion on social spending programs.

“The time has come to make progress,” Schumer said.

Schumer’s announcement came one day after President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats in a private lunch to back both bills.