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Senate Introduces $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

WASHINGTON — After much delay, senators unveiled a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package Aug. 1, wrapping up days of painstaking work on the inches-thick bill and launching what is certain to be a lengthy debate over President Joe Biden’s big priority.

August 1, 2021
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Senate Votes to Begin Infrastructure Debate

WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan on July 30 with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle and bracing to see if support can hold during the next few days of debate and efforts to amend it.

July 30, 2021
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Six-Year Project Underway on Ohio I-70 Segment

The Ohio Department of Transportation has started reconstructing a stretch of Interstate 70 in an effort to improve travel for truckers and other motorists.

July 30, 2021
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Senate Infrastructure Plan Receives Bipartisan Backing

A vote in the U.S. Senate to launch debate on a comprehensive infrastructure bill and the passage of fiscal 2022 transportation funding in the House of Representatives coalesced to create an unofficial “infrastructure week” spearheaded by congressional funding proponents and the Biden White House.

July 29, 2021
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After Infrastructure Deal, Senate Votes to Take Up Bill

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted the night of July 28 to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan, acting with sudden speed after weeks of fits and starts once the White House and a bipartisan group of senators agreed on major provisions of the package that’s key to President Joe Biden’s agenda.

July 29, 2021
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Senate GOP Moves Forward on $1T Infrastructure Bill

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators reached agreement July 28 on a $1 trillion infrastructure package, with the Senate ready to begin consideration of a key part of the administration's agenda.

July 28, 2021
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New Trouble for Infrastructure Talks as Pressure Mounts

WASHINGTON — Senators were running into new problems July 26 as they raced to seal a bipartisan infrastructure deal with pressure mounting on all sides to show progress on President Joe Biden’s top priority.

July 26, 2021
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Infrastructure Negotiations Continue; Senators Seek Details on Bill

Negotiations for a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure package in the U.S. Senate remain tenuous as strong Republican opposition challenges a plan by Democratic leaders to schedule a key floor vote in the waning days of July.

July 22, 2021
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Infrastructure Deal in Sight After Medicare Agreement

A bipartisan group of senators is closing in on a $579 billion infrastructure deal after agreeing to pay for it in part by delaying a Trump-era Medicare regulation, a key Democratic senator said July 22.

July 22, 2021
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Infrastructure Bill Fails First Test Vote

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans rejected an effort July 21 to begin debate on a big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group of senators brokered with President Joe Biden. But supporters in both parties remained hopeful of another chance in coming days.

July 21, 2021