House approves $1.5T plan to fix crumbling infrastructure
Source: NBC News
The Democratic-controlled House approved a $1.5 trillion plan Wednesday to rebuild the nations crumbling infrastructure, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into projects to fix roads and bridges, upgrade transit systems, expand interstate railways and dredge harbors, ports and channels.
The bill also authorizes more than $100 billion to expand internet access for rural and low-income communities and $25 billion to modernize the U.S. Postal Services infrastructure and operations, including a fleet of electric vehicles.
Lawmakers approved the Moving Forward Act by a 233-188 vote, mostly along party lines. It now goes to the Republican-controlled Senate, where a much narrower bill approved by a key committee has languished for nearly a year.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has not attempted to schedule a floor debate and none appears forthcoming.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-approves-1-5t-plan-fix-crumbling-infrastructure-n1232730
The Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, FL.
Though just 24 years old, it's been found to be at risk of collapse.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)more corporate giveaways. I mean, wall street already got treated to a 9 trillion sugar high.At least the money is going to something more useful than tRumps wall.
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)It has been Infrastructure Week for over 3 years now (according to the fucking moron).
sandensea
(21,627 posts)They have splurged hundreds of billions in weapons the military itself has said they don't want - but who's counting!
Rebl2
(13,498 posts)This will go nowhere in the senate because McConnell wont allow it.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)be referred to as 'infrastructure'.
Which I hope will be torn down sometime in 2021.
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)(for Biden I hope) celebrarion. I know of a good song to use as it is being torn down...
"Tear down the wall, tear down the wall",
-P. Floyd
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)sandensea
(21,627 posts)If it doesn't have to do with military spending, everything's on the cheap thanks to these GOP miscreants.
We're just lucky most of them were so well built in the first place.