Senate Democrats will not have to court Republican votes on a Biden administration infrastructure package if they don’t want to, according to a friendly ruling from the chamber’s parliamentarian on Monday.

The $2.2 trillion plan aimed at rebuilding the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges, along with a swath of other policy changes, can go through the Senate with a bare majority of 51 votes, rather than the 60 that would otherwise be needed to overcome a Republican filibuster of legislation.

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