{"id":606404,"date":"2021-07-29T20:22:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T00:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606404"},"modified":"2021-07-29T20:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T00:22:34","slug":"sen-mcconnell-country-will-benefit-from-common-sense-infrastructure-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mcconnell-country-will-benefit-from-common-sense-infrastructure-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. McConnell: Country will benefit from common-sense infrastructure investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-mcconnell-country-will-benefit-from-common-sense-infrastructure-investment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2474669\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2474669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) (L) and Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) (R) arrive at a news briefing after a weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:18 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, July 29, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said no legislator would think an infrastructure bill is perfect, but it\u2019s an important government duty. McConnell made these comments from the House floor on Thursday, saying the country would benefit from targeted investment in the kinds of projects that fit a common-sense definition of infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>He said this includes roads, bridges, airports and broadband. In addition, McConnell said he\u2019s glad to see discussions on the infrastructure bill making progress in what ought to be a robust bipartisan floor process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kind of focused compromise that our colleagues have been hashing out could not contrast more sharply with the multi-trillion dollar reckless taxing and spending spree that Democrats hope to ram through on a party-line vote later this year,\u201d said McConnell.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Based on a commitment from Leader Schumer to Senators Portman and Sinema that the Portman-Sinema amendment to be filed will be the substitute amendment, I will vote to proceed to the bipartisan infrastructure bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1420498904450281475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McConnell was one of 17 Republicans who voted in favor of opening debate on the proposal. Some Republicans said they still would not vote on the bill until it is actually written and they can review its details.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/house-gop-calls-biden-pelosi-leadership-into-question\/\">House GOP Calls Biden, Pelosi Leadership Into Question<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) (L) and Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) 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