The US Senate is finally set to approve the $1 trillion infrastructure bill after weeks of fits, starts and delays. The bipartisan bill, which is the first phase of President Joe Biden‘s rebuilding agenda, may pass through the Senate on Tuesday, reports Associated Press.

A growing coalition of Democrats and Republicans is expected to back the bill in the Senate. The final votes in the Senate are expected to take place on Tuesday around 11am EDT. Once the bill passes the Senate, it will then go to the House.

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According to media reports, nearly 70 senators are expected to give the infrastructure plan a final approval. The lawmakers are eager to tap the billions in new spending for their states and to show voters back home they can deliver.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said it’s “the first time the Senate has come together around such a package in decades.”

After that, the Senate will immediately launch votes on Biden’s next package — the $3.5 trillion plan that is a more strictly Democratic undertaking — beginning a debate that will extend into fall.

On the left, the Democrats have withstood the complaints of liberals who say the proposal falls short of what’s needed to provide a down payment on one of the president’s top priorities.

From the right, the Republicans are largely ignoring the criticism from their most conservative and far-flung voices, including a barrage of name-calling from former President Donald Trump as he tries to derail the package.

Together, a sizable number of business, farm and labor groups back the package, which proposes nearly $550 billion in new spending on what are typically mainstays of federal spending — roads, bridges, broadband internet, water pipes and other public works systems that cities and states often cannot afford on their

own.