News Analysis The Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Tuesday morning after fierce debates over the bill in the House and Senate. The bill, at a $1.2 trillion price tag, is a far cry from the Democrats’ own $3.5 trillion plan. Still, some have criticized the bill for its content that goes beyond basic infrastructure improvement. Some of the usual legislative items include around $250 billion allocated over 5 years for improvement of highways, plus an additional $3 billion toward the Tribal Transportation Program on Indian reservations. Another provision calls to invest around $30 billion into U.S. bridges, around $2.5 billion for metropolitan infrastructural improvement, the creation of safe routes to school for public school students, improving transportation access in rural areas, the development and renewal of recreational trails, and the improvement of evacuation routes in case of natural disasters or other emergencies. Amtrak, the state-owned passenger train …