Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is now halfway toward his two-track goal of advancing both a bipartisan infrastructure bill, which cleared the upper chamber by a wide bipartisan majority on Aug. 10 and adopting a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions, before the Senate bolts for its weeks-long summer recess.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is now halfway toward his two-track goal of advancing both a bipartisan infrastructure bill, which cleared the upper chamber by a wide bipartisan majority on Aug. 10 and adopting a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions, before the Senate bolts for its weeks-long summer recess.
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