The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday morning that would devote $550 billion in new spending to improve the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
The final vote was 69-30 in favor of passage.
The bill had the support of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, including RVIA and RVDA.
“This infrastructure package represents an extraordinary bipartisan opportunity to not only rebuild our crumbling roads, bridges and airports, but also to improve the infrastructure behind our beloved public lands and waters,” ORR Executive Director Jessica Turner said days before the final vote. “Meaningful investments in transportation, public lands, rural development, and natural infrastructure connect more people to the outdoors and strengthen the outdoor recreation economy, which creates jobs, helps us to remain globally competitive, and ensures we recover from the impacts the pandemic had on jobs, local communities, our health and our quality of life.”
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., took the floor Monday night to announce senators had reached an agreement to hold a final passage vote at 11 a.m. ET today. The bill was on a path to final passage vote shortly after 3 a.m. today but senators instead agreed to hold the vote later in the morning.
The bill cleared cloture to end debate by a 68-29 margin. Today’s final vote required a simple majority to pass, although Republican votes could grow from the 18 who supported cloture, given the inevitability of passage.
