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2021-11-07 Home Front: Politix
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House passes Infrastructure Bill, a.k.a., BIF with help from 13 Republicans
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| Here’s hoping the honourable — and angry — Mitch McConnell kills it in the Senate. |
[PostMillennial] The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday has approved President Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill with the support of a dozen (plus one) Republicans. Six progressive Democrats voted "no" on the bill.
AOC's "Squad"
Biden is expected to sign the bill as soon as it lands on his desk, scoring a massive victory for his administration after months of negotiations between the Democratic Party's moderate and progressive sides and their Republican counterparts.
The core part of Biden's infrastructure bill, which is a key component of the administration's "Build Back Better" agenda, includes massive investments in roads, bridges and waterways, and other "hard infrastructure" provisions agreed upon by both Democrat and Republican parties.
The Republicans who voted 'yes' may have been persuaded by the US Chamber of Commerce that vigorously promoted this bill. The CBO and the U of PA Warton analysis concludes that the bill will add to the deficit while doing almost nothing for the economy. I don't know how they do analysis on something like this as a lot of the funds in the bill are for earmarked projects, the scope of which are incompletely known.
Courtesy of Hupusolet Smith5796 yesterday in comments,
the Republican Congresscritters who voted for the thing:
Katko
Van Drew
Upton
Young
Kinzinger
Gonzolaz
Smith
Fitzpatrick
Reed
Garbarino
Malliatokis
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