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Democrats' two-step infrastructure plan draws Republican ire

United States · 10:13 PM UTC

Hours after U.S. President Joe Biden declared "we have a deal" to renew the nation's infrastructure, the Senate's top Republican lashed out at plans to follow the $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill with another measure addressing what Democrats call "human infrastructure."

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