#Washington Watch: Here’s what’s in the bipartisan infrastructure bill that the House aims to pass — and how it’s paid for

Monday (Sept. 27) is the next key date for the bill, known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. That’s the date by when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat, promised a vote on the measure to a group of moderate House Democrats to get their support for a procedural vote for a separate spending measure — the party’s $3.5 trillion plan targeting “human infrastructure,” climate change and other Democratic priorities.

Pelosi said in a Friday letter to colleagues that the House will “move forward to pass two jobs bills next week,” referring to the measures targeting traditional infrastructure and “human infrastructure,” but she didn’t mention the Sept. 27 deadline. She also faces pressure from progressive Democrats who say they won’t support the bipartisan infrastructure bill unless the $3.5 trillion package moves ahead as well.

As Pelosi and other Democratic leaders work on advancing the infrastructure bill and the larger package, below is a visual breakdown for the first measure. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has an overall price tag of about $1 trillion, with around $550 billion in new public-works spending above what already was expected in future federal investments.

How does it all get paid for? Below is a visual breakdown of the funding sources for the infrastructure bill.

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This report was first published on Sept. 20, 2021.