US senators and Biden reach bipartisan deal on US infrastructure plan

US President Joe Biden on Thursday embraced a $1.2 trillion bipartisan Senate deal to renew the nation's roads, bridges and highways and help stimulate the economy -- a major breakthrough on one of his key domestic policy goals. "We have a deal," Mr Biden told reporters, flanked by Democratic and Republican senators who wrote the infrastructure proposal that followed months of White House negotiations with lawmakers. Its $579 billion in new spending includes major investments in the nation's power grid, broadband internet services and passenger and freight rail. Read more: https://www.thenationalnews.com/world...