Category: Bipartisan infrastructure bill

Harris Visits Minnesota Electric Bus Plant to Tout Biden’s Commitment to Clean Energy

Touting the Biden administration’s investment in electric vehicles, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Minnesota on Feb. 9 and talked about infrastructure bill funds supporting manufacturers like New Flyer. Harris toured the New Flyer manufacturing plant in St. Cloud. The company has 600 employees and makes electric buses that are on the streets of communities nationwide….


Biden Courts Working-Class Voters in Visit to Wisconsin Union Training Center

A half-day after delivering a State of the Union address before a divided Congress that produced boos and jeers from Republicans in the chamber, President Joe Biden traveled to Wisconsin on Feb. 8 to tout his economic plan. Biden has said in recent months that he plans to seek a second term in 2024. Traditionally,…


San Clemente Officials: What to Expect From Biden’s Infrastructure Bill in 2022

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—South Orange County residents, and Californians in general, could see “long overdue improvements” to critical infrastructure in the coming months thanks to new federal funding, officials announced during a Dec. 7 press conference. San Clemente City officials and Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.), who represents ten cities across North County San Diego and South…


Sen. Sinema Doubles Down on Not Supporting $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) doubled down on her position not to support the Democratic leadership’s $3.5 trillion spending bill on Sept. 30, while claiming that she had raised concerns about the bill with Democratic leaders in August. On Thursday, Sinema joined Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in indicating that they would not back the bill without adjustments. Both votes…


Pelosi Delays Vote on $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). announced Sunday that the vote on the Senate-passed $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill will be held on Sept. 30, days later than originally planned. Lawmakers will still debate the bill on the House floor on Monday but will not actually vote until Thursday, on the same day that some surface transportation programs are set…


Sen. Sinema Says She Won’t Support Her Party’s $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said she opposes the Democrats’ plan to tie the $3.5 trillion budget resolution bill to the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, adding her name to the list of Democrats who say the budget resolution is too pricey. Sinema was one of the senators who helped negotiate the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package…


Sen. Sinema Says She Will Not Support Her Party’s $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution

Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said she opposes Democrats’ plan to tie the $3.5 trillion budget resolution bill to the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, adding her name to the list of Democrats who say the budget resolution is too pricey. Sinema was one of the senators that helped negotiate the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package recently…


Senate Moderates Joining With House Moderates, Imperiling Biden’s Agenda

Troubles continue among congressional Democrats’ loose coalition of members as moderates in both chambers try to pull the party towards the center and progressives try to push it further left. Recently, Democrats have squabbled over whether Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion budget resolution and the $1.2 trillion Senate-passed infrastructure bill should be considered together….


Sen. Cruz Warns That Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Could ‘Obliterate’ Cryptocurrency

The Senate voted on and passed the bipartisan $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Tuesday. The bill has undergone several amendments and debates, but Republican and Democratic senators alike still express concerns over the language in a section of the bill that they fear could destroy the blooming cryptocurrency industry. Sen. Ted Cruz…


House Democrats Urge Pelosi to Move Quickly on Senate-Passed Infrastructure Bill

A group of moderate House Democrats on Tuesday urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to bring the bipartisan infrastructure bill, just passed in the Senate, up for a standalone vote and to provide more details on how the upcoming budget reconciliation package will affect inflation and the national debt, which is over $28 trillion. “After years of waiting, the…