Republicans push to delay Senate vote on Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center, says details need
to be worked out in the infrastructure bill.

WASHINGTON – The odds a bipartisan infrastructure bill will move forward Wednesday appear grim as Senate Republican negotiators said they wouldn't vote to debate the measure because the details haven't been finalized.

“We can’t support cloture for something we haven’t accomplished yet,” said Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, the lead negotiator for Republicans. “We haven’t come to agreement on key issues.”

The negotiators are crucial to moving the bill along. Nearly a dozen Senate Republicans, including Portman, struck a deal with President Joe Biden in June on the infrastructure plan. Since the 50 Democratic senators need at least 10 Republicans to support the bill to clear a parliamentary hurdle for debate, losing the support of just a few could stall the bill.

By Bart Jansen.

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