经过数周的争论，参议院于周二通过了一项法案1.1万亿美元的基础设施法案在共和党的支持下，民主党和总统乔·拜登大获全胜。
该法案以69票对30票获得通过，19名共和党人和所有参议院民主党人一起将该法案推出参议院。
副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯主持了最后的投票，这表明了它的政治意义。
共和党人罗伊·布朗特、理查德·伯尔、雪莱·摩尔·卡皮托、苏珊·科林斯、黛比·菲舍尔、林赛·格雷厄姆、罗布·波特曼、托姆·蒂利斯、查克·格拉斯利、米特·罗姆尼、丹·沙利文、迈克·克拉波、莉萨·穆尔科斯基、詹姆斯·里施、比尔·卡西迪、凯文·克莱默、罗杰·威克、约翰·霍文和少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔与民主党人一起投了赞成票。
该计划包括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。
该法案的通过代表着两党参议员的重大胜利，他们表示，他们致力于向国会展示两党合作的可能性，也代表着乔·拜登总统的重大胜利，拜登总统在竞选时承诺将在两党之间合作。
拜登对这段话的第一反应是通过推特，并向众议院议长南希·佩洛西发出强烈信号，他不希望众议院推迟投票。
“大新闻，伙计们:两党基础设施协议已经正式在参议院通过。我希望国会尽快把它送到我的办公桌上，这样我们就可以继续我们重建得更好的工作，”拜登在推特上说。
大新闻，伙计们:两党基础设施协议已经正式在参议院通过。我希望国会尽快把它送到我的办公桌上，这样我们就可以继续我们的重建工作。
——拜登总统(@POTUS)2021年8月10日
该方案花了几个月的时间才形成，两党谈判代表、亚利桑那州参议员基斯顿·西内马和俄亥俄州共和党人波特曼领导了一个由十名同事组成的小组，讨论最终形成了最终的方案。
参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)在最后投票前的讲话中赞扬了这一方案，他说，“我们坚持了下来，现在我们已经到达了。我们的道路上有许多原木，一路上走了很多弯路，但美国人民现在将看到几十年来对基础设施最强劲的资金注入。”
他补充说:“当参议院以开放的方式而不是封闭的方式运行时，参议员可以完成大事。
该法案现在将提交众议院，在那里它将面临一条通往拜登办公桌的危险之路。
佩洛西在众议院领导着极其微弱的多数民主党人，她明确表示，在参议院提交包含拜登总统“美国家庭计划”其余优先事项的第二份更大的预算法案之前，她无意将两党法案付诸表决。
预算辩论将与基础设施辩论中的两党合作大相径庭。
周一上午，民主党公布了3.5万亿美元的预算，其中包括普及学前教育、免费两年社区大学、带薪探亲假、气候倡议和一些其他社会优先事项。
随着两党法案的出炉，参议院民主党人正立即将注意力转向通过预算法案，预计他们最早将于明天在参议院强行通过这一庞大的一揽子计划，而共和党不会投一票。预算法案不受推进立法通常所需的60票常规门槛的限制。
共和党人誓言要在每一步都反对预算决议，包括通过预计本周将是马拉松式的投票，对党派修正案进行投票，旨在获得政治分数，让中间派民主党人不安。
麦康奈尔周二上午承认，如果民主党保持统一战线，共和党人几乎无法阻止预算的推进，但他承诺将在参议院进行斗争。
麦康奈尔在谈到3.5万亿美元的法案时表示:“共和党目前没有投票让美国家庭免于这场噩梦。“但我们会辩论，我们会投票，我们会站起来，我们会被计算在内，这个国家的人民将确切知道哪些参议员为他们而战。”
参议院本周对预算采取的行动只是该法案在参议院进行最终表决并提交众议院之前一系列步骤中的第一步，很可能在秋季。
佩洛西说，只有到那时，在整个预算过程完成后，她才会将预算法案和两党基础设施法案提交众议院进行最后投票。
Senate passes $1.1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill in big win for Democrats
After weeks of wrangling, the Senate on Tuesday passed a$1.1 trillion infrastructure billwith Republican support, in a big win for Democrats and President Joe Biden.
The measure passed by a vote of 69-30, with 19 Republicans joining all Senate Democrats to advance the bill out of the Senate chamber.
In a sign of its political significance, Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the final vote.
Republicans Roy Blunt, Richard Burr, Shelley Moore Capito, Susan Collins, Deb Fischer, Lindsey Graham, Rob Portman, Thom Tillis, Chuck Grassley, Mitt Romney, Dan Sullivan, Mike Crapo, Lisa Murkowski, James Risch, Bill Cassidy, Kevin Cramer, Roger Wicker, John Hoeven and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell joined Democrats in voting yes.
The package, with $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.
Passage represents a major victory for senators from both parties who said they were committed to showing Congress could work in a bipartisan way, as well as for President Joe Biden, who campaigned on a promise to work across the aisle.
Biden's first reaction to the passage came via Twitter and sent a strong signal to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he does not want the House to delay a vote.
"Big news, folks: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal has officially passed the Senate. I hope Congress will send it to my desk as soon as possible so we can continue our work of building back better," Biden tweeted.
Big news, folks: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal has officially passed the Senate. I hope Congress will send it to my desk as soon as possible so we can continue our work of building back better.
— President Biden (@POTUS)August 10, 2021
The package took months to forge, with bipartisan negotiators Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Portman of Ohio, a Republican, leading a group of ten colleagues in discussions that led to the final package.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised the package in remarks just before the final vote, saying, "We have persisted and now we have arrived. There were many logs in our path, detours along the way, but the American people will now see the most robust injection of funds into infrastructure in decades."
"When the Senate is run with an open hand rather than a closed fist senators can accomplish big things," he added.
The bill now heads to the House, where it faces a precarious path to Biden's desk.
Pelosi, who leads a razor-thin majority of Democrats in the House, has made clear she has no intention of bringing the bipartisan bill to a vote until the Senate sends over a second, larger budget bill containing the rest of President Biden's "American Families Plan" priorities.
undefinedMORE: Senate votes to start debate on $1.1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal
The debate of the budget will be far different from the bipartisanship in the debate over infrastructure.
Democrats unveiled their $3.5 trillion budget that includes universal pre-K, free 2-year community college, paid family leave, climate initiatives and a smattering of other social priorities, on Monday morning.
With the bipartisan bill off their plate, Senate Democrats are turning their attention immediately to passing the budget bill, and they're expected to try to force the massive package through the Senate as early as tomorrow, without a single GOP vote. Budget bills are not subject to the regular 60-vote threshold generally necessary to move legislation forward.
Republicans have vowed to fight the budget resolution at every step, including through what is expected to be a marathon of votes this week on partisan amendments designed to score political points and make centrist Democrats squirm.
McConnell conceded Tuesday morning there will be little Republicans can do to stop the budget from advancing if Democrats keep a united front, but he promised a fight on the Senate floor.
"Republicans do not currently have the vote to spare American families this nightmare," McConnell said of the $3.5 trillion bill. "But we will debate and we will vote and we will stand up and we will be counted and the people of this country will know exactly which senators fought for them."
Senate action on the budget this week is just the first in a series of steps before the bill comes to a final vote in the Senate and moves to the House, likely in the fall.
Pelosi said only then, after the full budget process is completed, will she bring both the budget bill and the bipartisan infrastructure bill up for a final vote in the House.
