Infrastructure Read
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.
Democrats and Republicans remain at odds on issues such as infrastructure, policing reform and a commission on the Jan. 6 Capitol assault.
The president’s $1.7 trillion proposal cuts $500 billion from his initial plan, but it does little to resolve difficult questions of how to offset the spending.
The president’s $1.7 trillion proposal cuts $500 billion from his initial plan, but it does little to resolve difficult questions of how to offset the spending.
Aided by grants, artists are creating ground murals and other projects on roadways, underpasses and in public squares.
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