{"id":615514,"date":"2021-08-06T11:20:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=615514"},"modified":"2021-08-06T11:20:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:20:34","slug":"senate-fails-to-wrap-up-infrastructure-bill-after-talks-to-expedite-process-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-fails-to-wrap-up-infrastructure-bill-after-talks-to-expedite-process-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Fails To Wrap Up Infrastructure Bill After Talks To Expedite Process Collapse"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fsenate-fails-to-wrap-up-infrastructure-bill-after-talks-to-expedite-process-collapse%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=615514&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--><p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer set up a critical vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill Saturday after talks to expedite the process fell apart late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Both Republicans and Democrats engaged in marathon talks Thursday in a bid to vote on a package of amendments and to advance the sweeping public works package. Doing so, however, required approval from all 100 senators, and Tennessee Republican Sen. Bill Haggerty refused to go along even as his Republican colleagues urged him to do so.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcrod97\/status\/1423498108990787585\/photo\/1\">statement<\/a>, Hagerty attributed his objection to &nbsp;the Congressional Budget Office\u2019s estimation that the bill would add $256 billion to the national debt over 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we\u2019ve heard for weeks that [the infrastructure bill] would be paid for, it\u2019s not. It didn\u2019t just come up short, it came up a quarter of a trillion dollars short,\u201d Hagerty said. \u201cDespite this news, I was asked to consent to expedite the process and pass it. I could not, in good conscience, allow that to happen at this hour \u2013 especially when the objective of the majority is to hurry up and pass this bill so that they can move quickly to their $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend spree,\u201d he added, referring to Democrats\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/14\/democrats-chuck-schumer-bernie-sanders-infrastructure-budget-reconciliation-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposed reconciliation package<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/29\/donald-trump-erupts-republicans-move-forward-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Erupts After Republicans Move Forward With Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7254710\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7254710\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7254710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332241183-scaled.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332241183-scaled.jpg 8192w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332241183-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332241183-620x414-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332241183-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332241183-1536x1025-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 8192px) 100vw, 8192px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7254710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Bill Hagerty walks through the Senate on Tuesday. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill includes $550 billion of new government spending, and allocates funds toward American roads, bridges, ports, broadband and more.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the roadblock, the bill\u2019s central negotiators remained confident that the bill was close to final passage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we weren\u2019t able to agree on additional amendments today, I also look forward to us reconvening on Saturday and proceeding under regular order to finish what will be historic legislation both in its bipartisan nature and the impact it will have on this country,\u201d said Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Senate Democrats lead negotiator and a co-sponsor of the bill.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/02\/senators-introduce-infrastructure-bill-kyrsten-sinema-rob-portman-chuck-schumer-mike-lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Senators Officially Introduce Infrastructure Bill, Hope For Final Passage In Days)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schumer said on the Senate floor that Democrats were met with \u201cnumerous objections\u201d to expediting the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate has considered 22 amendments during this process and we\u2019ve been willing to consider many more,\u201d he said after announcing that senators had failed to reach an agreement. \u201cIn fact, we have been trying to vote on amendments all day but have encountered numerous objections from the other side.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/28\/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-advances-senate-chuck-schumer-rob-portman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Clears First Senate Hurdle, 17 Republicans Vote In Favor)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schumer added that after the Senate voted on the infrastructure bill Saturday it would immediately take up the budget resolution, clearing the way for Democrats to start their bid to pass their reconciliation package addressing issues from climate change and infrastructure to health care and education.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s upcoming vote requires 60 senators voting in support in order to overcome a filibuster. If the infrastructure bill advances, it will be set to sail to final passage, which requires just a simple majority vote.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer set up a critical vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill Saturday after talks to expedite the process fell apart late Thursday.Both Republicans and Democrats engaged &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}