IMHO: The GOP will try to win the Mid-Term Elections by voting down ANY bill that would make Biden and Democrats look good, even if their action harms the American people. They are ONLY interested in more power. Infrastructure spending is worth EVERY penny spent!
"The bipartisan infrastructure deal may be in jeopardy. Democrats have a ‘Plan B’" PBS NewsHour 7/20/2021
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SUMMARY: This week on Capitol Hill could be make or break for the bipartisan infrastructure framework that President Joe Biden celebrated one month ago. The fate of the $600 billion investment in roads, bridges, clean water and more is still uncertain, as is the much larger $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill also on the agenda. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff with the latest developments in Congress.
"Sanders: GOP ‘nervous’ about ‘overdue’ progressive policies in budget, infrastructure bill" PBS NewsHour 7/20/2021
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SUMMARY: Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and the person tasked with overseeing the multi-trillion-dollar budget proposal introduced by Democrats last week. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the infrastructure deal, the $3.5 trillion budget proposal, the politics surrounding it, who it aims to benefit most and its path to being passed by Congress.
"GOP Sen. Capito on funding infrastructure, raising debt ceiling and increasing taxes" PBS NewsHour 7/22/2021
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SUMMARY: A bipartisan group of senators is still negotiating the details of an infrastructure bill after a procedural vote to debate it failed yesterday. The biggest issue remains how to fund the $1.2 trillion framework, including the $600 billion in new spending. Judy Woodruff speaks with Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, who led a separate bipartisan effort on infrastructure in June.
