US senators were expected to move forward on Sunday on a $1tn package for roads, rail lines and other infrastructure, with text of a bill due to be delivered.
Administration is pledging to route 40% of the benefits of climate and environment spending to disadvantaged communities, but getting it right will be difficult.
In an interview days before her nomination, Deb Haaland told the Guardian that as secretary of the interior she would "move climate change priorities, tribal consultation and a green economic recovery forward".
