Business groups urge lawmakers to stick with bipartisan infrastructure deal

Business groups are keeping the pressure on lawmakers to finalize a bipartisan infrastructure bill after Republicans blocked the Senate from debating the proposal Wednesday. 

More than 120 business and manufacturing associations, led by the National Association of Manufacturers, sent a letter to members of Congress on Thursday urging them to pass the infrastructure proposal negotiated by President BidenJoe BidenBiden says wages will need to increase to solve recruitment problems Caitlyn Jenner pledges to support Trump if he makes another bid for the White House Biden: Republicans who say Democrats want to defund the police are lying MORE and a bipartisan group of senators.

“As an elected leader, you have the chance to realize the promise of American economic prosperity by working with your colleagues to enact the bipartisan framework that was recently announced,” the groups wrote.

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