Voters may pummel Democrats next year but future generations will be grateful.
$550 billion for new spending is big, but many say America’s infrastructure needs are even bigger.
Can we give the legislation that the president signed on Monday its due?
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.
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