(CNN) The Senate voted Wednesday to begin debate on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill after weeks of negotiating, advancing a critical part of President Joe Biden's agenda in Congress. Over half of the bill — $550 billion — is new federal funding. The White House claimed that the bill's investments in various areas of US infrastructure were either the largest ever or in several decades. "We are proud to announce we have reached a bipartisan agreement on our proposal to make the strongest investment in America's critical infrastructure in a generation," said 21 senators from both parties in a statement. "Our plan will create good-paying jobs in communities across our country without raising taxes."

Source: CNN July 28, 2021 16:19 UTC