Senate passes $9 billion bill for water projects

Published September 15, 2016 3:56pm ET



The Senate passed a $9 billion water infrastructure bill that funds 29 Army Corps of Engineers projects and includes millions of dollars for Flint, Mich.

The Water Resources Development Act of 2016 passed the upper chamber after being one of the few bills on its legislative plate during the first two weeks after the summer break. Final passage took some finagling, including waiving a Budget Act point of order Wednesday and introducing an amended version of the bill the same afternoon.

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