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Senators announced the long-awaited text of 

a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package

 Sunday night over a month after President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators first 

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

focuses on investments in roads, railways, bridges

and broadband internet, but it does not include investments that Biden has referred to as "human infrastructure," including money allocated for child care and tax credits for families. Democrats are looking to

The package calls for $550 billion in new spending over five years.

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said the final product, 

, will be "great for the American people." 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate will consider amendments this week and a final vote could be held "in a matter of days." 

"It's been decades since Congress passed such a significant standalone investment,"  the New York Democrat said, "and I salute the hard work done that was here by everybody." 

Here's a look at what's included in the agreement: 

from the White House released a few days before the final legislation was unveiled, the package will be financed through a combination of funds, including repurposing unspent emergency relief funds from the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthening tax enforcement for cryptocurrencies.

Back in June, the White House shared a fact sheet with the aims of the package:

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Barbara Sprunt

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The price tag comes in at roughly $1 trillion, with $550 billion in new spending over five years. The funding goes toward roads and bridges as well as broadband and electric vehicles.

Here's what's included in the bipartisan infrastructure bill

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