Senate Democrats say they have reached a budget agreement that envisions spending an enormous $3.5 trillion over the coming decade.
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Read More »July 14, 2021 Comments Off on Senate Democrats’ $3.5T budget deal backs up Biden’s goals, though questions remain
Senate Democrats say they have reached a budget agreement that envisions spending an enormous $3.5 trillion over the coming decade.
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Read More »July 13, 2021 Comments Off on Bipartisan infrastructure deal stalls as bigger plan gains
A $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal senators struck with President Joe Biden is at risk of stalling out as Republicans mount stiff resistance over ways to pay for it and momentum shifts to a more robust Democratic proposal.
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Read More »July 1, 2021 Comments Off on House approves $715B transportation, water bill
The Democratic-led House approved a sizable $715 billion transportation bill Thursday, a potential investment in roads, rail, public transit and water over five years.
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Read More »June 28, 2021 Comments Off on Biden working to get infrastructure deal back on track, pitching ‘blueprint to rebuild America’
President Joe Biden is hoping to get the bipartisan infrastructure deal on track by highlighting its expected economic benefits.
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Read More »June 24, 2021 Comments Off on ‘We have a deal’: Biden, bipartisan senators on infrastructure
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that “we have a deal,” signaling a bipartisan agreement on a $953 billion infrastructure plan that would achieve his top legislative priority and validate his efforts to reach across the political aisle. ...
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Read More »June 17, 2021 Comments Off on Democrats eye $6T plan on infrastructure, Medicare, immigration
Democrats are eyeing a $6 trillion infrastructure investment plan that goes far beyond roads and bridges to include core party priorities.
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Read More »June 9, 2021 Comments Off on Biden ends infrastructure talks with GOP, shifts to new bipartisan group
President Joe Biden ended talks with a group of Republican senators on a big infrastructure package and started reaching out to senators from both parties in a new effort toward bipartisan compromise.
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Read More »June 1, 2021 Comments Off on Biden’s $6T budget proposal ramps up social spending, taxes on businesses
President Joe Biden is proposing a $6 trillion budget for next year that’s piled high with new safety net programs for the poor and middle class.
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Read More »April 27, 2017 Comments Off on Speaking of infrastructure
From the halls of Congress to City Hall we keep hearing about the need to invest in infrastructure. Indeed, throughout the 2016 election campaign — and to the present – it seems that investment in infrastructure, at least in concept, ...
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Read More »July 25, 2016 Comments Off on Could infrastructure woes bridge candidates’ differences?
COLLEGE PARK — With big differences in economic policy separating the presidential candidates, leaving voters to sift through the speeches at the back-to-back political nominating conventions this month, one former White House policymaker said there’s common ground that could help ...
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