It is almost looking like Groundhog Day, Monday will maybe see a breakthrough on a bipartisan infrastructure bill.

This past week Senate Leader Chuck Schumer tried to break the apparent deadlock on a bipartisan infrastructure bill by having a vote on cloture, the parliamentary measure that forces a vote on Senate legislation. To be successful a cloture vote requires 60 votes, in today’s Senate that requires the support of all 50 Democratic Senators, and at least 10 Republican Senators. The cloture motion failed as not a single Republican supported the move. In fairness to the Republicans, they were being asked to move ahead with a bill that didn’t exist. The language in the motion was a so-called “place holder” to stand in for the eventual $1T infrastructure language. Republicans negotiating the deal asked for another vote next week with the assumption that legislative language will be in place.

The week comes to an end with both sides agreeing that there are a few areas where disagreement remains; but many more topics where a consensus exists. By most accounts the major unresolved issue focuses on how much money will go to public transit. Over the years money raised from the gas tax and other sources has been divided 80-20, 80% of the money going to highways and 2...

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