The Congressional August recess is coming soon with the Senate scheduled to adjourn on 9 August. That means the next three weeks provide a busy legislative window to deal with President Biden’s infrastructure bill and the budget reconciliation bill.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) has scheduled a procedural vote tomorrow on the infrastructure package. There is no bill drafted yet, however, and the procedural vote would need a 60-vote majority, so Schumer’s move is mostly to apply political pressure. There are groups of bi-partisan lawmakers working on various elements of the package, and even some Democrat Senators have questioned the procedural vote – but ultimately, it will likely break along par...

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