Infrastructure Read
In the face of enormous challenges — from the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout to climate change — the current president is outpacing the last two in early spending plans.
House Democrats face hurdles to pushing through the president’s big spending plans, including Republican opposition and resistance from their own ranks.
The establishment has been routed, but its economic orthodoxy rules.
Critics say HS2, a $140 billion project sold as a green alternative to planes and cars, makes less sense than ever in a world where people work from home.
The president’s infrastructure proposals are likely to require trillions of dollars in new tax revenue. They also give liberals a chance to address what they call the failures of Republican tax cuts.
It’s not the old days. The G.O.P. is not your friend, Mr. President.
The transportation secretary defended the Biden administration’s broad plans in a hearing as Democrats laid the groundwork for legislation and Republicans expressed skepticism.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urged Congress on Thursday to make a “generational investment” worth trillions of dollars to improve the nation’s transit and water systems while addressing climate change and racial inequities.
Why has opposition to Biden’s plans been so low energy?
The president will need to make rapid, strategic choices to advance his “Build Back Better” agenda, possibly including dropping some campaign plans to salvage the rest.
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