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Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) (C) speaks with Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) (L), while Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) walks by (R), as the Senate votes to formally begin debate on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 30, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
U.S. senators late on Aug. 1 released a 2,702-page infrastructure bill that appears to have enough support to pass the upper chamber, ahead of debate on the legislation on the Senate floor.
The approximately $1 trillion proposal (pdf) was cleared for debate before it was even submitted, setting off criticism of how Congress works.