Tuesday, the Senate voted 69-30 to approve a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, a piece of legislation that could affect American lives for decades.
Contentiously, the majority of the bill's massive budget will go to pandemic relief. The rest of the money is slated to provide improvements to roads, bridges and transportation programs; a clean-energy update to the electric grid; and broadband to improve accessibility for rural and low-income citizens. Amtrak will also receive long-awaited repairs and operate with an updated mission that puts utilitarianism over profit.
