Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill in strong bipartisan vote

Washington — The Senate voted to approve a roughly $1 trillion bill to revamp the nation's infrastructure on Tuesday, delivering a bipartisan breakthrough on legislation that includes key portions of President Biden's domestic agenda.

The final vote was 69 to 30, with 19 Republicans joining all 50 Democrats in voting for passage. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was among the Republicans who voted yes. Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the final vote, and said it was "a very good day" before entering the chamber.

The legislation, known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, came together after months of talks between a bipartisan group of senators and the White House that at times appeared on the brink of collapse.

"It's been a long and winding road, but we have persisted and now we have arrived," Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said before senators voted. "There were many logs in our path, detours along the way, but the American people will now see the most robust injection of funds into infrastructure in decades."