经过几天的审议，协商两党基础设施一揽子计划的参议员周日晚上公布了这项大规模提案的立法文本。
由10名参议员和政府成员组成的两党小组经过数周的审议后，公布了这份2702页的法案。
该法案价值5500亿美元的新支出，将解决核心基础设施需求。其中包括1100亿美元用于道路和桥梁的新资金、660亿美元用于铁路、75亿美元用于建设电动汽车充电站、170亿美元用于港口、250亿美元用于机场、550亿美元用于清洁饮用水、650亿美元用于高速互联网等。
进入工作周，参议院将开始审议修正案。两党议员都表示，他们支持一项强有力的修正案，这将使立法者有机会尝试修改该法案。
目前还没有就将考虑多少修正案达成一致，但多数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)周日晚间明确表示，他希望看到参议院迅速采取行动通过这项立法。
舒默说:“考虑到该法案的两党合作程度，以及为了把细节做好已经做了多少工作，我相信参议院可以迅速处理相关修正案，在几天内通过这项法案。
两党团体的成员将该协议视为两党合作的胜利。
在一个政治上有争议的环境中，参议院的分歧很大，两党小组表示，他们认为证明跨党派工作能够产生结果是很重要的。
“这个从中间开始的过程奏效了，”俄亥俄州共和党人、两党小组的首席共和党谈判代表罗布·波特曼参议员周日晚上在参议院说。
缅因州参议员苏珊·科林斯补充说:“我很高兴向美国人民证明，我们可以两党合作，取得对美国人民至关重要的真正成果。”。
目前还不清楚有多少共和党人最终会在考虑修正案后投票通过该法案，但该法案在上周的一次关键程序测试投票中获得了两党的广泛支持。包括参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔在内的17名共和党人与所有民主党人一起投票推进这项立法。
两党协议只是民主党试图通过乔·拜登总统的美国家庭计划使之成为法律的双管齐下方法的一部分。
舒默长期以来一直表示，两党法案通过后，民主党人将使用一种称为和解的程序，努力推动一项单独的3.5万亿美元预算法案，这使他们能够绕过参议院通过立法所需的通常60票门槛。
第二个更大的一揽子计划预计将包括为预K、住房、医疗保健和其他项目提供资金，这些项目是共和党从两党计划中剔除的，目的是实现一个更具针对性的基础设施提案。
为了通过预算法案，舒默将需要在参议院任职的每一位民主党人的支持。还不清楚他会不会有。
民主党两党基础设施协议的首席谈判代表、亚利桑那州参议员克里斯滕·西内马(Kyrsten Sinema)上周发表声明称，她不支持一项耗资3.5万亿美元的法案。
参议院预算委员会的几名成员将处理这项更大的法案，他们表示，目前他们专注于通过两党法案，并就他们的一揽子计划展开讨论。
Bipartisan negotiators unveil 2,702-page infrastructure bill
After days of deliberation, senators who negotiated a bipartisan infrastructure package unveiled the legislative text of the massive proposal Sunday night.
The 2,702-page bill was released after weeks of deliberation among a bipartisan group of 10 senators and members of the administration.
The bill, worth $550 billion in new spending, will address core infrastructure needs. It includes $110 billion in new funds for roads and bridges, $66 billion for rail, $7.5 billion to build out electric vehicle charging stations, $17 billion for ports, $25 billion for airports, $55 billion for clean drinking water, a $65 billion investment in high-speed internet and more.
The Senate will begin deliberation on amendments as it heads into the work week. Members of both parties have said they support a robust amendment process that will give lawmakers the chance to try to modify the bill.
There’s not yet an agreement on how many amendments will be considered, but Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made clear late Sunday night that he wants to see the Senate act swiftly to pass the legislation.
"Given how bipartisan the bill is and how much work has already been put in to get the details right, I believe the Senate can quickly process relevant amendments to pass this bill in a matter of days," Schumer said.
Members of the bipartisan group heralded the agreement as a triumph of bipartisanship.
In a politically contentious environment with an evenly divided Senate, the bipartisan group said they felt it was important to demonstrate that across-the-aisle work can yield results.
“This process of starting from the center out has worked," Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican and the chief Republican negotiator in the bipartisan group, said on the Senate floor Sunday evening.
“I am delighted to demonstrate to the American people that we can work across the aisle in a bipartisan way to achieve real results that matter to the people of this country,” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, added.
It is not yet clear how many Republicans will ultimately vote to pass the legislation after amendments are considered, but the bill enjoyed broad bipartisan support in a key procedural test vote last week. Seventeen Republicans -- including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell -- voted with all of the Democrats to advance the legislation.
The bipartisan agreement is just one part of the two-pronged approach Democrats are taking to try to pass President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan into law.
Schumer has long stated that after the bipartisan bill is passed Democrats will work on moving a separate $3.5 trillion budget bill using a process called reconciliation, which allows them to bypass the usual 60-vote threshold necessary to pass legislation in the Senate.
That second, larger package is expected to include funding for things like pre-K, housing, health care and other items that Republicans struck from the bipartisan plan in order to achieve a more narrowly tailored infrastructure proposal.
To pass the budget bill, Schumer will need the support of every Democrat serving in the Senate. It’s not yet clear he’ll have it.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., the chief Democratic negotiator on the bipartisan infrastructure deal, released a statement last week which said she does not support a bill that costs $3.5 trillion.
Several members of the Senate Budget Committee, which will handle that larger bill, say that for now, they’re focused on passing the bipartisan bill and on opening discussions about their package.
