Infrastructure Read
Spending on roads, broadband internet and more will help revitalize U.S. competitiveness against its top economic adversary, the president says.
President Biden said the newly signed infrastructure bill would help the United States counter China in the battle to dominate the 21st century economy, as broad swaths of Mr. Biden’s agenda remained stuck in Congress.
Readers hail the $1 trillion bill but bemoan the partisanship and worry about online scams. Also: Paid family leave; court logjam; food deliveries.
The decision about how to spend the money falls largely to state governments, raising questions about whether the package can live up to its ambition.
The decision about how to spend the money falls largely to state governments, raising questions about whether the package can live up to its ambition.
President Biden, who is facing low approval ratings, hopes the infrastructure bill will help him project sustained progress in confronting a surge in inflation and growing alarm about the midterm elections.
Billions of dollars will now pour into American communities, although the final package falls short of the president’s ambitions.
President Biden, surrounded by lawmakers from both parties, signed the $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law. The legislation marked a bipartisan victory, but fell short of Mr. Biden’s initial $2.3 trillion proposal.
President Biden is expected to sign the $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill into law surrounded by lawmakers from both parties who backed the measure.
Officials said that federal money, including the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, will help the M.T.A. keep fares stable for at least six months and avoid service cuts.
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