Finally, the US Congress has passed the infrastructure bill involving $1.2 trillion for promoting development work in the United States.
Approval of this bill is being termed an achievement of Democrats in the United States.
The party leadership in the House of Representatives began Friday aiming to rubber-stamp the infrastructure bill, the biggest upgrade of roads, bridges and waterways in decades, after sending an even bigger social welfare deal, worth up to $1.85 trillion, to the upper chamber.
Despite hours of cajoling lawmakers, party leaders had risked seeing Biden’s two-pronged legislative strategy collapse as they failed to unite the party’s feuding progressive and moderate factions.
A breakthrough came as the US lawmakers passed bill on the House floor by a comfortable 228 votes to 206.
The bill is one of the pillars of his $3 trillion economic vision after rebel moderates had earlier blocked a vote on his social welfare expansion.
His spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the success was “proof that delivering for the American people is worth all the painful sausage-making.”
