Right-wingers try to sink infrastructure bill, claiming it's loaded with secret "wokeness"
3 years, 4 months ago

Right-wingers try to sink infrastructure bill, claiming it's loaded with secret "wokeness"

Salon  

With President Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill, the result of arduous bipartisan negotiations, now inching its way through the Senate, some conservative pundits and politicians are of course seeking to undermine it. While there is considerable historical literature, along with more recent reporting, to support the argument that American transit systems have systematically underserved racial minorities, Toomey called the amendment's language "politically correct virtue-signaling." Conservative activist Christopher Rufo, perhaps the leading figure in the conservative assault "critical race theory," posted images of the bill's language on social media, highlighting whatever he found objectionable on a line-by-line basis. Fox Business Network host and former Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow — who earlier this year sought to stir up outrage over Biden's purported plan to transition the country to drinking "plant-based beer" — has aired unfocused fears over what might be included in the Democrats' tagalong reconciliation bill. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., echoed Kudlow on Wednesday, calling the measure a "'woke politics' bill," adding: "It's a liberal wish list."

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Biden celebrates ‘Infrastructure Week’ — and hopes voters are listening
7 months, 1 week ago

Biden celebrates ‘Infrastructure Week’ — and hopes voters are listening

Politico  

We're tracking Biden’s $1.6 trillion climate and infrastructure spending plans. Scott Monroe, senior director at Fitch’s Global Infrastructure group, said the $550 billion investment in new funding from the 2021 infrastructure law is “a large sum of money,” but not “in relation to the overall infrastructure needs of this country.” “And so it’s certainly beneficial to have this type of …

Biden’s team says progress on big public works projects may hinge on the outcome of the 2024 vote
1 year, 1 month ago

Biden’s team says progress on big public works projects may hinge on the outcome of the 2024 vote

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has started 40,000 construction projects since the passage of major infrastructure legislation two years ago and is seeking to make the case that continued progress could depend on keeping Joe Biden in the White House after 2024. “This whole thing could get thrown out of the window if somebody else was sitting over there and …

Biden touts his economic record in fiery speech: ‘Guess what – Bidenomics is working’
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden touts his economic record in fiery speech: ‘Guess what – Bidenomics is working’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A survey from the Pew Research Center last …

Joe Biden’s effort to remake the economy is ambitious, risky—and selfish
1 year, 8 months ago

Joe Biden’s effort to remake the economy is ambitious, risky—and selfish

Live Mint  

Get behind the wheel of an electric vehicle made in Detroit and drive south. In a series of articles beginning this week, The Economist will be assessing President Joe Biden’s giant bet on transforming America. And if other Western countries lose vital industries to America as they chase subsidies or duck import restrictions, then the alliances that underpin America’s security …

Biden touts infrastructure investments as US midterm vote looms
2 years, 2 months ago

Biden touts infrastructure investments as US midterm vote looms

Al Jazeera  

Amid Republican criticism of US spending, president promotes economic programmes in battleground state of Pennsylvania. US President Joe Biden has underscored his administration’s efforts to strengthen the country’s ageing infrastructure as he pushes to boost Democrats’ prospects ahead of crucial midterm elections next month. Standing by a partially rebuilt bridge that collapsed in January in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Biden said on …

6 months in, Biden’s infrastructure plan has 4,300 projects
2 years, 7 months ago

6 months in, Biden’s infrastructure plan has 4,300 projects

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Six months after the signing of President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure package, the government said Monday there are 4,300 projects underway with more than $110 billion in funding announced — milestones the administration is publicly heralding as midterm politics intensify. White House senior adviser Mitch Landrieu, the former mayor of New Orleans, said the roads, bridges and …

Infrastructure Package Is Now The Law. What Happens Next? : Consider This from NPR : NPR
3 years ago

Infrastructure Package Is Now The Law. What Happens Next? : Consider This from NPR : NPR

NPR  

President Biden Signed A Massive, Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images After years of jokes about unsuccessful Infrastructure Weeks, months of deliberation, and bouts of gridlock on the political left, a $1.2 trillion package made its way through Congress at long last. NPR's White House Correspondent Franco Ordonez followed President Biden around …

‘This is real stuff’: Biden hits the road to sell historic infrastructure law, avoid 2010 replay
3 years, 1 month ago

‘This is real stuff’: Biden hits the road to sell historic infrastructure law, avoid 2010 replay

LA Times  

When President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in 2010, then-Vice President Joe Biden was at his side. Two days after signing the infrastructure bill into law, Biden took his goodwill tour to General Motors’ electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, where he took an electric SUV for a test drive and said: “That Hummer’s one hell of …

'Your life is going to change for the better': Biden signs $1 trillion infrastructure deal
3 years, 1 month ago

'Your life is going to change for the better': Biden signs $1 trillion infrastructure deal

India TV News  

President Joe Biden signed his hard-fought $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law Monday before a bipartisan, celebratory crowd on the White House lawn, declaring that the new infusion of cash for roads, bridges, ports and more is going to make life “change for the better” for the American people. “We see this as is an opportunity because we know that …

Biden signs $1T infrastructure deal with bipartisan crowd
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden signs $1T infrastructure deal with bipartisan crowd

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed his hard-fought $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law Monday before a bipartisan, celebratory crowd on the White House lawn, declaring that the new infusion of cash for roads, bridges, ports and more is going to make life “change for the better” for the American people. “We see this as is an opportunity because we …

Roads, transit, internet: What’s in the infrastructure plan
3 years, 1 month ago

Roads, transit, internet: What’s in the infrastructure plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that President Joe Biden signed into law Monday has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more. A breakdown of the bill that became law Monday: ROADS AND BRIDGES The bill would provide $110 billion to repair the nation’s aging highways, bridges and roads. PASSENGER …

Joe Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill, His Second Major Accomplishment, Into Law
3 years, 1 month ago

Joe Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill, His Second Major Accomplishment, Into Law

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden on Monday signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, his second major legislative accomplishment as president following the coronavirus relief package earlier this year, and one Democrats are hoping will lift his shaky political standing ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Biden hailed the bill as “proof that despite the cynics, Democrats and Republicans …

Biden signs infrastructure bill into law at rare bipartisan gathering
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden signs infrastructure bill into law at rare bipartisan gathering

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and marked the major legislative victory at a White House event with lawmakers from both parties. Notably, Biden also thanked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who did not attend the signing ceremony, “for voting for this bill and talking about how useful and important …

Biden signs $1.2 trillion US infrastructure bill into law
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden signs $1.2 trillion US infrastructure bill into law

Al Jazeera  

A second bill – Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ plan – is expected to be debated in Congress this week. President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure investment plan into law at the White House, offering an optimistic outlook for the improving but still damaged US economy and claiming progress in his ambitious legislative agenda. Biden will visit General Motors’s …

Biden signs historic $1-trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden signs historic $1-trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill

LA Times  

Biden said the legislation will overhaul the nation’s infrastructure and boost its economy, which has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. President Biden on Monday signed a historic $1-trillion bipartisan bill that he said will overhaul the nation’s infrastructure and boost the nation’s economy, which has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rob Portman of Ohio who said he hoped …

Death threats, tweets jolt GOP infrastructure supporters
3 years, 1 month ago

Death threats, tweets jolt GOP infrastructure supporters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The last time Congress approved a major renewal of federal highway and other transportation programs, the votes were 359-65 in the House and 83-16 in the Senate. “It’s a sad statement of how the other party has lost its way,” said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., who’s leading the House Democratic political arm into a 2022 campaign in …

Biden: Infrastructure bill will ease economy woes, just wait
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden: Infrastructure bill will ease economy woes, just wait

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden touted his $1 trillion infrastructure plan Wednesday as an eventual fix for the nation’s inflation and supply chain woes — if Americans just have the patience to wait for the construction to begin. Biden said the infrastructure spending would create jobs paying $45 an hour, nearly 50% above the current national average. Many Americans have …

US Chamber: Trump is ‘wrong’ on infrastructure bill
3 years, 1 month ago

US Chamber: Trump is ‘wrong’ on infrastructure bill

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Former President Donald Trump has blasted the bipartisan infrastructure legislation recently passed by Congress as a “Non-Infrastructure” bill. The former president, who repeatedly tried and failed to get an infrastructure bill passed when he was in the White House, argued Republican lawmakers should be “ashamed of themselves.” Neil Bradley, chief policy officer at the US …

Folks, the Infrastructure Bill Is Way Better Than You Realize
54 years, 11 months ago

Folks, the Infrastructure Bill Is Way Better Than You Realize

Slate  

After decades of broken promises, and then years of Trump-era memes riffing on those broken promises, the United States has finally hit a long-elusive milestone: It’s really, actually infrastructure week. On Friday night, the House of Representatives passed the mammoth hard infrastructure and climate bill known generally as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, or BIF, after a concession from progressives who’d …

Biden faces fresh challenges after infrastructure victory
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden faces fresh challenges after infrastructure victory

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — He has been here before. President Joe Biden doesn’t need to look any further back than his time as vice president to grasp the challenges that lie ahead in promoting his new $1 trillion infrastructure deal to the American people and getting the money out the door fast enough that they can feel a real impact. Obama’s biggest …

Biden's infrastructure win gives him some momentum. Here's why he needs that
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden's infrastructure win gives him some momentum. Here's why he needs that

NPR  

Biden's infrastructure win gives him some momentum. "Finally, infrastructure week," Biden said, chuckling over what had become a running joke about his predecessor, who failed to ever make a deal on the investment needed for the nation's roads and ports despite often promising to focus on the problem. "The week started rough for Biden, but the win and great jobs …

Biden hails infrastructure win as ‘monumental step forward’
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden hails infrastructure win as ‘monumental step forward’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed Congress’ passage of his $1 trillion infrastructure package as a “monumental step forward for the nation” after fractious fellow Democrats resolved a months-long standoff in their ranks to seal the deal. “I’m so happy to say that: infrastructure week.” The House passed the measure 228-206 late Friday, prompting prolonged cheers from the …

Biden Hails Infrastructure Win As 'Monumental Step Forward'
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden Hails Infrastructure Win As 'Monumental Step Forward'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed Congress’ passage of his $1 trillion infrastructure package as a “monumental step forward for the nation” after fractious fellow Democrats resolved a months-long standoff in their ranks to finally seal the deal. “I’m so happy to say that: infrastructure week.” The House passed the measure 228-206 late Friday, prompting …

After months of delays, US Congress finally passes Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure package
3 years, 1 month ago

After months of delays, US Congress finally passes Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure package

Firstpost  

The bill was passed with a 228-206 vote, with 13 Republicans, mostly moderates, supporting the legislation Washington: The House approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects late Friday after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates, notching a victory that President Joe Biden and his party had become increasingly anxious to claim. But in …

WATCH: House passes $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill in major victory for Biden's agenda
3 years, 1 month ago

WATCH: House passes $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill in major victory for Biden's agenda

Raw Story  

The House late Friday approved a roughly $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill in a major victory for President Joe Biden's agenda. "The vote hands Biden a victory on a major bipartisan bill, but one that took months to get through Congress and revealed deep divisions in the Democratic Party." "However, moderates and progressives spent months going back and forth over …

Biden secures bipartisan win with infrastructure vote
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden secures bipartisan win with infrastructure vote

LA Times  

President Biden delivers remarks on the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill at the White House on Saturday. President Biden on Saturday marked a major step forward on the rocky path toward enacting his sweeping economic agenda, hailing the passage of bipartisan infrastructure legislation while urging his party to also enact another measure to expand the social safety net and …

US Congress passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill
3 years, 1 month ago

US Congress passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill

Al Jazeera  

Biden will now oversee the biggest upgrade of America’s roads, railways and other transportation infrastructure in a generation. After a daylong standoff, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, a package of highway, broadband and other infrastructure improvements, sending it to US President Joe Biden to sign into law. Biden on Saturday …

Joe Manchin throws last-minute wrench in Democrats' infrastructure negotiations
3 years, 1 month ago

Joe Manchin throws last-minute wrench in Democrats' infrastructure negotiations

Salon  

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia — who has, along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, emerged as one of the two most prominent Democrats to hold up President Joe Biden's legislative package — signaled on Monday that he may not be ready to back the already-watered down agenda. Despite offering hope to Biden supporters last week, Manchin now claims …

Infrastructure bill gives Sen. Sinema bipartisan victory
3 years, 4 months ago

Infrastructure bill gives Sen. Sinema bipartisan victory

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has faced unrelenting tension with activists in her party over her insistence that bipartisan deal-making is still the way to do big things during a hyper-partisan era in Washington. “I have never believed that, and I refuse to accept it, and what we’ve shown today is that that talking point is false.” Progressive …

Senate approves Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill with funds for California
3 years, 4 months ago

Senate approves Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill with funds for California

LA Times  

Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer reacts after the Senate approved the infrastructure bill, with 19 Republicans voting with the Democratic caucus. The Senate on Tuesday approved an expansive bill to rebuild the nation’s aging roads and bridges, with $8.3 billion specifically targeted to water infrastructure projects in the West and billions more to fund national projects to mitigate the impact …

Senators push infrastructure bill a step closer to passage
3 years, 4 months ago

Senators push infrastructure bill a step closer to passage

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senators hoisted the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package over another hurdle late Sunday, a coalition of Democrats and Republicans pushing it closer to passage despite a few holdouts trying to derail one of President Joe Biden’s top priorities. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would provide what Biden has called a “historic investment” in public works programs, the …

Senate clears a key infrastructure bill hurdle as it moves toward a final vote
3 years, 4 months ago

Senate clears a key infrastructure bill hurdle as it moves toward a final vote

LA Times  

Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, one of the lead negotiators in the bipartisan infrastructure talks, at the Capitol. The Senate cleared an important procedural hurdle Saturday as it inched toward final approval of an expansive bipartisan bill to rebuild the country’s aging roads, bridges, rail and water systems and electric grid — the culmination of months of negotiation over …

US Senate pushes ahead with $1 trillion infrastructure bill
3 years, 4 months ago

US Senate pushes ahead with $1 trillion infrastructure bill

Al Jazeera  

The largest US infrastructure investment in decades, the bill’s passage would be a key victory for President Joe Biden. The United States Senate will try to complete work this week on a $1-trillion infrastructure investment bill that would bring long-awaited improvements to roads, bridges and mass-transit systems and deliver a rare bipartisan victory to President Joe Biden. It would also …

Infrastructure deal: You don't care about it and that's why it might pass.
54 years, 11 months ago

Infrastructure deal: You don't care about it and that's why it might pass.

Slate  

It looks as if President Joe Biden might just get his bipartisan infrastructure deal after all. The infrastructure deal may be an absolutely crucial keystone in Biden’s agenda, but it’s also kind of boring, which has actually allowed a bunch of Republicans who appear to have genuine interest in legislating to push forward on it without worrying about a backlash …

Infrastructure talks leave Biden’s entire agenda at risk
3 years, 4 months ago

Infrastructure talks leave Biden’s entire agenda at risk

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s latest leap into the Senate’s up-and-down efforts to clinch a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure deal comes with even more at stake than his coveted plans for boosting road, rail and other public works projects. The president also used several tweets to prod lawmakers, including one saying, “There are no Democratic roads or Republican bridges — …

More than 140 business leaders urge lawmakers to pass infrastructure bill
3 years, 4 months ago

More than 140 business leaders urge lawmakers to pass infrastructure bill

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Dozens of business leaders, including the CEOs of BlackRock, United Airlines and Macy’s, called on lawmakers Monday to swiftly enact the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that is stalled in Congress. More than 140 executives signed the public letter to congressional leaders expressing strong support for the bipartisan infrastructure framework, calling it a “long awaited …

Roads, bridges, jobs: Biden selling big infrastructure deal
3 years, 5 months ago

Roads, bridges, jobs: Biden selling big infrastructure deal

Associated Press  

LA CROSSE, Wis. — President Joe Biden declared America urgently needs a “generational investment” in its infrastructure, as he looks to sell voters on the economic benefits of the $973 billion bipartisan package that still faces an uncertain future in Congress. “America has always been propelled into the future by landmark investments.” He said there is a critical need to …

Roads, bridges, jobs: Biden selling big infrastructure deal
3 years, 5 months ago

Roads, bridges, jobs: Biden selling big infrastructure deal

Associated Press  

LA CROSSE, Wis. — President Joe Biden declared America urgently needs a “generational investment” in its infrastructure, as he looked to sell voters Tuesday on the economic benefits of the $973 billion bipartisan package that still faces an uncertain future in Congress. Biden traveled to La Crosse, Wisconsin, population 52,000, and toured its public transit center, highlighting projects — including …

Democrats go to war over infrastructure
3 years, 5 months ago

Democrats go to war over infrastructure

Daily Mail  

Democrats are going to war over infrastructure with liberal senators threatening not to support President Joe Biden's compromise bill without a second $6 trillion measure that contains their wish list items, such as free child care and green projects. President Joe Biden is trying to hold together competing factions of Democrats as a war breaks out within the party over …

Bipartisan infrastructure deal back on track after walk-back
3 years, 5 months ago

Bipartisan infrastructure deal back on track after walk-back

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan deal to invest nearly $1 trillion in the nation’s infrastructure appeared to be back on track Sunday after a stark walk-back by President Joe Biden to his earlier insistence that the bill be coupled with an even larger Democrat-backed measure in order to earn his signature. “If we can pull this off, I think Mitch will …

Biden: Infrastructure vow was not intended to be veto threat
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden: Infrastructure vow was not intended to be veto threat

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Aiming to preserve a fragile bipartisan deal on infrastructure, President Joe Biden endorsed it “without hesitation” Saturday, walking back from a threat to veto it if Congress also didn’t pass an even larger package to expand the social safety net. Biden said he didn’t mean to suggest in earlier remarks that he would veto the nearly $1 trillion …

Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal May Be A Tough Sell To The Rest Of Congress
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal May Be A Tough Sell To The Rest Of Congress

NPR  

Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal May Be A Tough Sell To The Rest Of Congress Enlarge this image toggle caption David Schaper David Schaper President Biden is celebrating a big win for one of his top legislative priorities, touting a bipartisan agreement on a framework to roughly double spending on transportation and infrastructure over the next eight years. "We are upending …

Here's what's included in the bipartisan infrastructure law
3 years, 6 months ago

Here's what's included in the bipartisan infrastructure law

NPR  

Here's what's included in the bipartisan infrastructure law Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images President Biden has signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, 10 days after it passed the House on near-party lines and months after a Senate vote. Sponsor Message Here's a look at what's included in the infrastructure legislation : Transportation Roads, …

Opinion: This bill is a win-win for Democrats and Republicans
3 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: This bill is a win-win for Democrats and Republicans

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Lanhee J. Chen is a regular contributor for CNN Opinion. A bipartisan group of US Senators has agreed to a roughly $1.2 trillion package of infrastructure reforms that President Joe Biden said he will support. As Biden noted in a press conference today, “This reminds me of the days when we used to get an awful lot done …

For infrastructure deal, Biden eyes ‘multiple paths forward’
3 years, 6 months ago

For infrastructure deal, Biden eyes ‘multiple paths forward’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is pursuing “multiple paths forward” as he looks to muscle his big infrastructure package through Congress — dialing up lawmakers from both parties in search of a bipartisan deal while imploring Democrats to be ready to go it alone if necessary. In one fell swoop this week, Biden cut off talks with a core group …

Senate Progressives Warn Joe Biden That He Needs Their Votes, Too
3 years, 6 months ago

Senate Progressives Warn Joe Biden That He Needs Their Votes, Too

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Progressives are starting to remind Joe Biden’s administration that Sen. Joe Manchin is not the only Democrat who needs minding as infrastructure talks hit a new phase this week. A pair of climate hawks took issue with comments from Biden’s climate adviser Gina McCarthy, who told Politico on Tuesday that some of the administration’s sweeping climate proposals …

Biden Ends Infrastructure Talks With Senate GOP Group, Saying Its Plan Fell Short
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden Ends Infrastructure Talks With Senate GOP Group, Saying Its Plan Fell Short

NPR  

Biden Ends Infrastructure Talks With Senate GOP Group, Saying Its Plan Fell Short Enlarge this image toggle caption T.J. Kirkpatrick/Pool/Getty Images T.J. Kirkpatrick/Pool/Getty Images President Biden on Tuesday turned down the latest offer on an infrastructure deal from Senate Republicans, moving the debate on one of the president's chief domestic priorities into a new phase. Biden put the kibosh on …

Joe Biden Meets With Key GOP Senator As Time Runs Out On Infrastructure Talks
3 years, 6 months ago

Joe Biden Meets With Key GOP Senator As Time Runs Out On Infrastructure Talks

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito as time is running out for Democrats and Republicans to agree to a bipartisan deal on overhauling the nation’s infrastructure. Biden has proposed spending $1.7 trillion ― down from an initial $2.2 trillion ask ― to renew the nation’s roads, bridges and waterways, as well as make …

Water bill may open spigot for Biden infrastructure plan
3 years, 7 months ago

Water bill may open spigot for Biden infrastructure plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Rarely has a routine water resources bill generated so much political buzz, but as senators hoisted the measure to passage Thursday the bipartisan infrastructure legislation served as a potential template for building consensus around President Joe Biden’s ambitious American Jobs Plan. Biden spoke by phone Thursday with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a leader on the water bill …

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