What's in the infrastructure bill the Senate just passed?
Roads/bridges: $110bn
Rail: $66bn
Power grid: $65bn
Broadband: $65bn
Water (inc. pipes): $55bn
Public transit: $39bn
Airports: $25bn
Pollution cleanup: $21bn
Ports: $17bn
EV charge stations: $7.5bnhttps://t.co/eHqSb2tKGk— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) August 10, 2021
Read this entire article for an excellent explainer:
BREAKING: Democrats push a $3.5 trillion budget framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate. https://t.co/mKlWd0cIpn
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 11, 2021
From @Breakingviews: @richardbeales1 explains why a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill, passed by the U.S. Senate in a 69-30 vote, is far from the final answer on infrastructure pic.twitter.com/jcX1Z05v3N
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 11, 2021
How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying about a Biden victory and love the infrastructure bill https://t.co/wc9BCZYuyI
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 11, 2021
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