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House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio promoted his $547 billion highway policy legislation in a wide-ranging interview. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

President Joe Biden still sees sticking points in a draft bipartisan Senate infrastructure plan, as top aides warned June 21 that they continue to explore other legislative pathways and will not support certain tax increases as part of a final deal.

The White House reiterated President Joe Biden’s opposition to indexing the gasoline tax to inflation to help pay for an infrastructure plan, raising new questions about the viability of a bipartisan compromise emerging in the Senate.

The nation’s capital received a C on a recent infrastructure report card issued June 15 by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Legislation that would dedicate $78 billion over five years for freight, trucking and rail safety programs was advanced by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee June 16.

Prospects for a bipartisan deal on the biggest infrastructure package in decades improved on June 16 as 21 senators, including 11 Republicans, signed onto a bipartisan framework for a $579 billion package.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat whose vote is key to any infrastructure deal in the narrowly divided Senate, expressed “grave concerns” June 15 about the Biden administration’s drive to boost adoption of electric vehicles.

WASHINGTON — Patience running thin, Democratic leaders are laying the groundwork for a go-it-alone approach on President Joe Biden’s big jobs and families infrastructure plans even as the White House continues negotiating with Republicans on a much more scaled-back $1 trillion proposal.

The White House is giving bipartisan talks on a compromise infrastructure package another week to 10 days to bear fruit and is prepared to endorse a Democrat-only route if that effort fails, according to House lawmakers.

Marty Walsh and a handful of other Cabinet secretaries have launched an ambitious travel schedule to promote the infrastructure plan and the larger Biden agenda.