Lawmakers: Ida damage shows need for infrastructure upgrades
3 years, 3 months ago

Lawmakers: Ida damage shows need for infrastructure upgrades

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Shaken by haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads and subways and other damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, lawmakers from both parties are vowing to upgrade the nation’s aging infrastructure network. “Global warming is upon us,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “When you get two record rainfalls in a week, it’s not just coincidence. When you get all the changes that we have seen in weather, that’s not a coincidence.. It’s going to get worse and worse and worse, unless we do something about it.” Schumer and other lawmakers said the catastrophe is the latest example of why the nation needs the nearly trillion-dollar infrastructure bill passed by the Senate last month. “If we’re going to make our country more resilient to natural disasters, whatever they are, we have to start preparing now,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. “We have to start planning for what the future might hold and do modeling that’s going to help us predict what these future risks are going to be,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told “Fox News Sunday,” calling the increasing frequency of severe storms that intensify more rapidly “a new normal” because of climate change.

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Critics say infrastructure projects won't make a big enough impact on climate change
2 years, 11 months ago

Critics say infrastructure projects won't make a big enough impact on climate change

NPR  

Critics say infrastructure projects won't make a big enough impact on climate change As Washington gears up to dole out hundreds of billions of dollars in new infrastructure funds, critics say not enough will go to projects addressing climate change and issues of racial inequality. SPECK: It's not transformational in the way that it will cause us to live, to …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Democrats Vow To Speed Legislative Agenda After Losses In Virginia And New Jersey
3 years, 1 month ago

Democrats Vow To Speed Legislative Agenda After Losses In Virginia And New Jersey

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― The stunning election results in Virginia statewide races and in New Jersey local contests, in which Republicans romped to victory, bolster the argument for passage of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda as quickly as possible, Democratic senators said Wednesday. Sen. Ron Wyden, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said the election results in both states …

Dems edge toward pared-down spending plan to boost support
3 years, 2 months ago

Dems edge toward pared-down spending plan to boost support

Associated Press  

HOWELL, Mich. — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats edged closer to agreement Tuesday on how sharply to cut back his ambitious social spending plan, even as the president made a public case that the package will help keep the nation from losing its “edge” in global competitiveness. In his speech at a union training facility, Biden called opponents of …

'Betrayal': Progressives Rage After Nancy Pelosi Walks Back Infrastructure Promise
3 years, 2 months ago

'Betrayal': Progressives Rage After Nancy Pelosi Walks Back Infrastructure Promise

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Progressive lawmakers erupted on Tuesday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walked back a key pledge she made to her party months ago ― that all of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda would move through Congress at the same time. At a private Democratic caucus meeting on Monday, Pelosi told members that passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill …

Joe Biden pitches spending plan as key to fight climate change
3 years, 3 months ago

Joe Biden pitches spending plan as key to fight climate change

India TV News  

President Joe Biden tried to advance his domestic spending plans on Colorado on Tuesday by warning about climate change’s dangers while highlighting how his clean-energy proposals would also create good-paying jobs. And, keenly aware of the delicate work underway back in Washington to craft details of his infrastructure-plus spending package, he gestured at Democratic legislators along for the tour and …

Lawmakers: Ida damage shows need for infrastructure upgrades
3 years, 3 months ago

Lawmakers: Ida damage shows need for infrastructure upgrades

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Shaken by haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads and subways and other damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, lawmakers from both parties are vowing to upgrade the nation’s aging infrastructure network. “Global warming is upon us,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “When you get two record rainfalls in a week, it’s not just …

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 …

Remember: Mitch McConnell didn’t pass this infrastructure bill out of the goodness of his heart
3 years, 4 months ago

Remember: Mitch McConnell didn’t pass this infrastructure bill out of the goodness of his heart

The Independent  

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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 …

The Senate Approves The $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill In A Historic Vote
3 years, 4 months ago

The Senate Approves The $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill In A Historic Vote

NPR  

The Senate Approves The $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill In A Historic Vote Enlarge this image toggle caption J. David Ake/AP J. David Ake/AP The Senate voted 69-30 Tuesday to approve a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, a historic piece of legislation that could reshape American lives for decades. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., whose leadership in the talks …

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 …

Senators struggle to amend, finish $1T infrastructure bill
3 years, 4 months ago

Senators struggle to amend, finish $1T infrastructure bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nearing decision time, senators struggled late Thursday to wrap up work on the bipartisan infrastructure plan despite hopes to expedite consideration and voting on the nearly $1 trillion proposal. In announcing Saturday’s schedule, he said “We very much want to finish.” Called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the thick bill is a first part of Biden’s infrastructure …

Bipartisan Deal Shouldn't Stop Senate From Ditching Filibuster, Democrats Say
3 years, 4 months ago

Bipartisan Deal Shouldn't Stop Senate From Ditching Filibuster, Democrats Say

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Just because a bipartisan group of senators agreed to a massive bill aiming to overhaul the nation’s infrastructure system doesn’t mean the Senate should hold off on killing the filibuster, opponents of the long-standing rule argued this week. But to vocal filibuster critics like Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, one moment of cooperation doesn’t signal a broader …

Bipartisan bill leaves out key climate, clean energy steps
3 years, 4 months ago

Bipartisan bill leaves out key climate, clean energy steps

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package unveiled by the Senate includes more than $150 billion to boost clean energy and promote “climate resilience” by making schools, ports and other structures better able to withstand extreme weather events such as storms and wildfires. While the bipartisan plan is “a good start,” lawmakers will “deal with the climate crisis in …

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 …

Republicans are expected to kill bipartisan infrastructure bill today
3 years, 5 months ago

Republicans are expected to kill bipartisan infrastructure bill today

Daily Mail  

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday vowed to kill a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and accused Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of 'playing games' by scheduling the vote. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday vowed to kill a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer defended holding Wednesday's procedural vote, saying it was time …

Biden wants spending to boost economy, but GOP to block vote
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden wants spending to boost economy, but GOP to block vote

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Monday that his infrastructure and families agenda must be passed to sustain the economic momentum of his first six months in office, aiming to set the tone for a crucial week of congressional negotiations on the two bills. Calling his plans a “blue-collar blueprint for building an American economy back,” Biden said, “This is …

EXPLAINER: How Democrats hope to enact Biden domestic agenda
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: How Democrats hope to enact Biden domestic agenda

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers’ most consequential battle this year over President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic agenda will snake through a legislative maze that’s eye-rolling even by Congress’ standards. To cover its cost and flash populist credentials, Democrats would raise taxes on the richest Americans and big corporations and U.S. firms’ overseas earnings, toughen IRS enforcement and let Medicare negotiate lower pharmaceutical …

New infrastructure deal must focus on climate,...
3 years, 5 months ago

New infrastructure deal must focus on climate,...

Daily Mail  

Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a bipartisan infrastructure plan cut out some of President Joe Biden's key climate initiatives. Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a bipartisan infrastructure plan …

New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say
3 years, 5 months ago

New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a bipartisan infrastructure plan cut out some of President Joe Biden’s key climate initiatives. On the other hand, a less costly bill that does not fully address climate change risks losing support from large numbers of liberal …

McConnell praises Biden for reversing infrastructure bill veto threat
3 years, 5 months ago

McConnell praises Biden for reversing infrastructure bill veto threat

Daily Mail  

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised President Joe Biden for walking back his commitment to link the bipartisan infrastructure bill to 'massive, unrelated tax-and-spend' legislation in a statement Monday. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised President Joe Biden for walking back his commitment to link a bipartisan infrastructure bill to a 'human' infrastructure bill Senate Democrats would pass using reconciliation …

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'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 …

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 …

'We Have A Deal': Biden Announces A Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement With Senators
3 years, 6 months ago

'We Have A Deal': Biden Announces A Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement With Senators

NPR  

'We Have A Deal': Biden Announces A Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement With Senators Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Biden on Thursday announced a bipartisan infrastructure agreement after meeting with a group of senators from both parties, though he later cautioned it wouldn't be enacted without a separate proposal set to have just Democratic support. …

Go green or go bipartisan? Biden’s big infrastructure choice
3 years, 6 months ago

Go green or go bipartisan? Biden’s big infrastructure choice

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s hopes of channeling billions of dollars into green infrastructure investments to fight climate change are running into the political obstacle of winning over Republican lawmakers who oppose that approach as unnecessary, excessive spending. As negotiations unfold in Congress in search of a bipartisan deal, the White House’s ability to ensure a climate focus in Biden’s …

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 …

Bipartisan talks on infrastructure heat up as Biden prepares for big push
3 years, 7 months ago

Bipartisan talks on infrastructure heat up as Biden prepares for big push

CNN  

CNN — As the White House intensifies conversations with key Republicans on infrastructure, a small, bipartisan group of senators is in the early stages of seeing if they might be able to break loose consensus on their own plan. Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana stressed the talks haven’t resulted in any agreement yet, but the group of roughly a …

Infrastructure: Key senators to watch on negotiations
3 years, 8 months ago

Infrastructure: Key senators to watch on negotiations

CNN  

CNN — As discussions over President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal ramp up, Democrats and Republicans remain at odds over the scope, size and potential price tag of any plan, in addition to how to pay for it. Here are some of the key senators to watch as negotiations over infrastructure unfold: Sen. Joe Manchin in Morgantown, West Virginia Jeremy Moorhead …

Dems aim for July vote as Congress digs in on infrastructure
3 years, 8 months ago

Dems aim for July vote as Congress digs in on infrastructure

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Even before President Joe Biden unveiled his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan Wednesday, congressional committees were laying the groundwork for a major public works investment with the goal of passage over the summer. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cited July 4 as the date she would like to have an infrastructure bill approved, but that deadline could slip to later …

A big infrastructure spending bill might finally be in the cards
3 years, 11 months ago

A big infrastructure spending bill might finally be in the cards

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Joe Biden is now President and Democrats have gained a slim majority in the Senate along with the party’s control of the House. “With the slim majority the Democrats have in the Senate, infrastructure spending is probably going to be one of the less controversial measures and could be implemented,” said Gautam Khanna, senior portfolio …

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