House approves $715 billion highway and water infrastructure bill

Washington — The U.S. House voted 221 to 201 Thursday to pass a federal infrastructure bill with over $210 million in earmarked funding for Michigan highway and transit projects and $4 billion to boost adoption of electric vehicles.

The bill faced fierce opposition from Republicans, who criticized the package as a partisan grab bag that strayed too far from traditional infrastructure. 

The Democratic-led package is not expected to become law, but House leaders said they intend to use it to negotiate with the Senate, which has a framework for a $1.2 trillionbipartisan infrastructure deal but no legislative text. 

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