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# Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Lands on $65 Billion for Broadband
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/bipartisan-infrastructure-deal-lands-on-65-billion-for-broadband/
- Published: 2021-06-24T21:26:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:19:36.000Z
- Description: Joe Biden reveals bipartisan infrastructure package during press conference in front of White House.
- Author: Jasmine Campos
- Tags: Infrastructure, Joe Biden, #with-siderail, Funding, #broadband, Bipartisan, Congress, Featured, House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi, Senate, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 10:16, #added-preview-divider

June 24, 2021 – President **Joe Biden** and ten senators, five from each party, announced Thursday they have reached an agreement to allocate $65 billion toward broadband infrastructure as part of a larger infrastructure package that has been under negotiation for weeks.

Biden’s [American Jobs Plan](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/biden-sets-goal-of-2030-to-provide-affordable-broadband-access-for-all-americans/) in March had originally proposed $100 billion, but the White House had said it would be willing to go down to [$65 billion](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/biden-reducing-broadband-spend-republican-infrastructure-plan-gigabit-opportunity-zones-ige-under-fire/) to placate the Republicans.

“We applaud the news of a bipartisan deal on an historic infrastructure package,” **Christina Mason**, vice president of government affairs at the wireless industry association WISPA, said in a statement. “We continue to urge Congress and the White House to focus efforts on communities that have yet to gain access to meaningful connectivity.”

According to [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-meet-with-bipartisan-senators-discuss-infrastructure-plan-2021-06-24/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), the bill will be paid through various methods, including an estimated $100 billion in tax revenues, unused COVID-19 funds, and unemployment insurance funds being returned. The bill also includes nearly $579 billion in new spending.

The bill will cost approximately $1 trillion dollars over five years.

But Biden said he will not [sign](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-senate-infrastructure-policing-06-24-21/index.html?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) it unless a separate Democrat-led [reconciliation](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/what-budget-reconciliation-explainer-fast-track-process-covid-relief-n1256592?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) [legislation](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-more-than-7-billion-emergency-connectivity-fund/), which passed the House earlier this year and is before the Senate, can get through the upper chamber. That reconciliation legislation includes an additional [$7 billion for broadband](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-more-than-7-billion-emergency-connectivity-fund/) by way of the [Emergency Connectivity Fund.](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/broadband-breakfast-live-online-wednesday-may-5-2021-ask-us-about-the-emergency-broadband-benefit-and-emergency-connectivity-fund/)

[**Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi**](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/we-have-deal-biden-announces-bipartisan-infrastructure-agreement-n1272284?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), D-California, made similar remarks about the compromise, suggesting that she will not even consider bringing the legislation to a vote until reconciliation is passed in the Senate.