Infrastructure
Biden, GOP Leaders Say Infrastructure Deal Possible
President Biden meets with (clockwise) Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)
Republican congressional leaders said it may be possible to reach agreement with Joe Biden on an infrastructure plan after meeting May 12 with the president at the White House.
May 12, 2021House Lawmakers Seek $15 Billion in Infrastructure Earmarks
Rep. Garrett Graves (R-La.) submitted the largest request, $945 million for a highway connector. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News)
House lawmakers have requested $14.9 billion in spending on earmarked projects for a transportation bill set to be a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda.
May 11, 2021ATA's Chris Spear Calls on Congress to Advance Surface Transportation Bill This Year
Spear testifies before the Senate Commerce subcommittee about needed infrastructure upgrades. (senate.commerce.gov)
The adoption of legislation designed to improve connectivity across commercial corridors and ensure long-term funding for highway programs would benefit the country’s freight supply chain, the leader of the group representing the trucking sector told a Senate panel May 11.
May 11, 2021Wisconsin Leaders Issue Grant to Support Marine Facility in Marinette
Aerial view of Fincantieri Marinette Marine (SteelGuru Business News via YouTube)
Wisconsin officials announced May 6 that $1 million in grant funding has been awarded to support infrastructure at a shipbuilding facility in Marinette.
May 7, 2021Biden Pushes for His Infrastructure Plan in GOP Stronghold
President Joe Biden speaks in Lake Charles, La., on May 6, with the Interstate 10 Calcasieu River Bridge behind him. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)
With a badly aging bridge as his backdrop, President Joe Biden stood in reliably Republican Louisiana on May 6 to pressure GOP lawmakers to support his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan — and yet express a willingness to compromise on the corporate tax hikes he’s recommending to pay the cost.
May 6, 2021States Eye Federal Cash, Go Slow on Road Taxes
Illinois road construction. (Seth Perlman/Associated Press)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Raising state taxes to improve roads and bridges is one of the few things many Republican and Democratic lawmakers have agreed on in recent years.
May 3, 2021Biden Shows Openness to Infrastructure Negotiations With Republicans
President Joe Biden by Evan Vucci/Associated Press
President Joe Biden signaled a willingness to negotiate with Republicans on infrastructure policy ahead of a possible meeting with the ranking member on the Senate’s transportation committee.
April 30, 2021Sam Graves Calls for Bipartisanship Amid Infrastructure Talks
“It will take compromise from both sides, but it can be done," Graves says of an infrastructure deal. (House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee)
Reacting to President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress, Sam Graves, the top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives’ transportation committee, called on Democrats to pursue a bipartisan approach to legislating.
April 29, 2021Biden Releases Money in Push to Modernize US Electric Grid
Power lines are seen in Houston in February. (David J. Phillip/Associated Press)
The federal government said April 27 it was making more than $8 billion available to build and improve the nation’s transmission lines as part of its efforts to improve America’s aging electric grid and meet President Joe Biden’s ambitious clean-energy goals.
April 28, 2021Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus Unveils Infrastructure Plan
Construction workers make repairs to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Camden, N.J., on April 23. (Matt Rourke/AP)
A bipartisan group of lawmakers pursuing compromise with congressional leaders unveiled an infrastructure policy proposal backed partly by an increase in the fuel tax.
April 26, 2021