The Senate is holding an infrequent Saturday session as bipartisan negotiators work to finalize their $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.
The by-and-large …
The Senate is holding an infrequent Saturday session as bipartisan negotiators work to finalize their $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. The by-and-large sleepy session comes as the Senate’s bipartisan gang is hoping to finish and formally unveil the text of its agreement sometime Saturday, after initially predicting it could be ready to go by early afternoon. However, negotiations could slip into Sunday. But by midafternoon on Saturday, the Senate group was still working to finalize its agreement, leaving the chamber in limbo. In a potential sign that the text was still hours away, the Senate took a break just before 3 p.m., letting floor staff get some downtime while awaiting the legislation. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), a member of the bipartisan group, said the lawmakers are still finishing the «last couple pieces of legislative language.» «I think on a beautiful Saturday in the end of July, we all wish perhaps we were somewhere else other than on the floor of the Senate,» Warner said. «I hope that we will get that finished as soon as possible so we can get this bill on the floor, have amendments, have a debate,» he added.
