infrastructure plan

A bipartisan group of senators is eyeing an infrastructure deal with $579 billion in new spending as part of a $1 trillion total package

President Joe Biden has dismissed a fresh Republican infrastructure proposal offering modestly more spending

The new 8-year proposal, negotiated by West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito, would repurpose unused Covid-19 relief money and eliminate spending to fight climate change.

Senate Republicans are reviving negotiations over President Joe Biden’s sweeping investment plan

With a badly aging bridge as his backdrop, President Joe Biden stood in reliably Republican Louisiana on Thursday to pressure GOP lawmakers to support his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm voiced support for President Joe Biden’s infrastructure legislation on Thursday, saying that the bill would create “millions” of jobs in the green technology and energy fields. “We want to create good paying jobs all across the country,” Granholm said. “And there will be millions of them if this is passed.”

Child care advocates are thrilled to hear that Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal, controller of the House of Representatives’ purse strings, has prioritized guaranteed child care and the right to paid family and medical leave for every worker in the federal infrastructure bill Democrats are trying to pass.

President Biden’s infrastructure plan would include funding for paid family leave and child tax credits, thrilling child care advocates but prompting pushback from Republicans who don’t think it counts as infrastructure.

With an appeal to think big, President Joe Biden is promoting his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan directly to Americans

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden said his new American Jobs Plan will modernize 20,000 miles of roads, replace ten of the most economically significant bridges and build new railcars and transit lines.