Senate Negotiators Rush to Meet Infrastructure Deadline

Bipartisan negotiators in the Senate rushed to finalize their infrastructure bill on Tuesday before a scheduled procedural vote on Wednesday, as Republicans urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to postpone the vote. Senate Republicans prepared to use a filibuster to block the vote, which would move the bill past formal debate, on Tuesday. While Schumer said the deadline was merely to “get the ball rolling,” Republicans described it at more than that, with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C) accusing Schumer of “trying to blow this effort up.” Senate negotiators reportedly had roughly a dozen disagreements still to work out on Tuesday, mostly surrounding how to pay for the bill. Democrats hope to make progress on the infrastructure bill, as well as their proposed $3.5 trillion spending bill, before the August recess.

Coverage was most prominent in left- and center-rated outlets, as well as in outlets focusing on Washington, D.C. politics. Some coverage in left-rated outlets focused more on the potential Republican filibuster.