Infrastructure Read
After four years of stalling by the Trump administration, officials in Washington approved the $11.6 billion project for federal funding.
Republican senators outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal to counter President Biden’s plan. Their plan involves unused coronavirus aid, and focuses on rebuilding roads and bridges.
A broad shift toward renewable energy could transform landscapes and coastlines all over the United States.
The move, which will require companies to report to the government any significant attacks, is a response to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attacks.
The plan’s total price tag came close to what the president has said he would consider, but it included only a fraction of the new spending he has requested. A compromise faces long odds.
The Republican counterproposal appeared to include just a fraction of new spending on top of the expected reauthorization of current programs.
Highways radically reshaped cities, destroying dense downtown neighborhoods. Now, some cities are starting to take them down.
President Biden and Democrats are facing difficult decisions about how to move their infrastructure plan through Congress as bipartisan momentum flags.
The Delaware Democrat, who once interned for President Biden, is now his main conduit to senators in both parties who hold the key to moving his agenda.
President Biden said on Monday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency would spend $1 billion to help states and local governments prepare infrastructure for worsening extreme weather.
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