Political and Legislative
The House Passes a Surface Transportation and Water Infrastructure Bill
The 221-201 vote is the culmination of months of partisan bickering in the lower chamber even as senators and President Joe Biden have worked hard to craft a bipartisan infrastructure plan.
What it means: Republicans threw more than 100 amendments at the bill, trying to strip out some of the more aggressive climate policies, reverse what they saw as unfair carveouts for urban areas and keep the bill more focused on roads than on rail and transit. Their efforts largely failed, compounding their frustration at their inability to negotiate the inclusion of their priorities and principles in a bill that has a tradition of bipartisan cooperation.
