That the U.S. Senate passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill on Monday with overwhelming bipartisan support — 19 Republicans joined all Democrats to support the measure — was a shocking moment of legislative success that has been absent from the nation’s capital for many years.But initially it wasn’t a sure-fire success. Progressives in the U.S. House, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, had warned they wouldn’t pass the measure until the Senate also passed a much larger $3.5 trillion budget resoluti … (read more)
