Senators say they expect Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to try for a second time to start debate on a bipartisan infrastructure …
Senators say they expect Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to try for a second time to start debate on a bipartisan infrastructure deal, if a group of senators from both parties is able to finalize their agreement. “That’s what he said he would do,” said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Schumer’s No.2, when asked if Democrats would try again to start debate on the bipartisan proposal. Durbin indicated that he expects that the second vote would take place next week and that he believes the bipartisan group will be ready to move forward by Monday. “I was in the meeting and they felt pretty confident,” he said. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), a member of the bipartisan group, also told reporters that he expects Schumer to move to set up another vote next week to start debate on the bipartisan proposal if the group is able to “get everything together.” The expected next step comes after Republicans blocked the Senate from starting debate on Wednesday as the bipartisan group rushes to finalize their agreement. Schumer hasn’t explicitly specified what he’ll do next, but he notably voted “no” Wednesday on advancing the Senate toward an infrastructure debate.
