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Democrats' two-step infrastructure plan draws Republican ire

United States · 1:53 AM UTC

Hours after President Joe Biden declared "We have a deal" to renew the infrastructure of the United States, the Senate's top Republican lashed out at plans to follow the $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill with another measure funding what Democrats call "human infrastructure."

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