Category: infrastructure

NTD News Today Full Broadcast (April 19)

President Biden calls the surge at the border a crisis for the first time. What does he plan to do about it? Biden is set to meet with a bipartisan group of lawmakers for the second time to discuss his infrastructure plan.  The Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules that the city of Norman broke the law…


Republicans Crafting Narrow Infrastructure Proposal to Counter Biden’s $2.3 Billion Plan

Republicans plan to unveil an infrastructure package that excludes items like funding for elder care to counter President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion proposal, several GOP senators said Wednesday. The large Democrat package would allocate $400 billion for the care of the elderly and disabled, among other provisions that would not be included in typical infrastructure…


San Clemente Moves Toward Leaving the Toll Roads 

San Clemente is preparing to withdraw from the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) in the midst of an ongoing three year-lawsuit over disagreements about a toll road built in the city. City council took its first step April 6, voting 4-1 to leave the joint powers authority (JPA) that forms the TCA. The split could come…


Deep Dive (April 12): Biden Asks Congress for $1.52 Trillion in Spending Proposal

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle Monday to try and corral bipartisan support for the massive infrastructure package. The package is seeing pushback among lawmakers, particularly in regards to the tax hike. A new study finds that raising the corporate tax rate and other…


Biden to Meet With Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers About Infrastructure Proposal

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are set Monday to convene with a bipartisan group of Congress members and discuss the administration’s infrastructure proposal. The meeting will take place in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, according to the official White House schedule. The president and vice president “will discuss…


One-Fifth of Biden Administration ‘Infrastructure’ Plan to be Spent on Infrastructure

Commentary Just 21 percent of President Joe Biden’s proposed “infrastructure” plan is proposed to be spent on traditional infrastructure projects such as bridges, trains, waterways and roads. The remaining 79 percent, would be spent to support industrial policy and what has traditionally been called “pork barrel” projects. Of the proposed spending, 26 percent would support…


INFOGRAPHIC: Biden Admin’s $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

President Joe Biden’s ambitious infrastructure plan, which Democrats will try to pass through a nearly evenly split Congress in the coming months, includes a varied package of initiatives, from traditional projects like roads and bridges to climate initiatives and programs outside the traditional infrastructure scope. Below is a summary of proposed expenditures under the $2 trillion-plus…


White House Willing to Negotiate Corporate Tax Rate, but Holding Firm on ‘Big’ Infrastructure Bill

President Joe Biden is willing to go lower on his proposed corporate tax rate but is holding firm on a “big” infrastructure plan. Biden wants to increase the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent to help pay for his $2.2 trillion infrastructure proposal. The president told reporters after giving a speech at…


Biden: Higher Tax Won’t Drive Corporations Away

Increasing the corporate tax rate eight percent will not drive companies out of the United States, President Joe Biden said Monday as he vowed not to negotiate on the proposed increase with Republicans. Speaking to reporters after arriving on The Ellipse in Washington, Biden said there’s no evidence that increasing the rate will compel companies…


Biden Claims Higher Tax Won’t Drive Corporations Away

Increasing the corporate tax rate eight percent will not drive companies out of the United States, President Joe Biden said Monday as he vowed not to negotiate on the proposed increase with Republicans. Speaking to reporters after arriving on The Ellipse in Washington, Biden said there’s no evidence that increasing the rate will compel companies…