Biden Faces Dueling Pressures Over Infrastructure Bills

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We ran the numbers: There are 1459 news articles covering this topic. 54% (793) are left leaning, 35% (506) are center, and 11% (160) are right leaning.

On Tuesday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi amplified her plans to link a bipartisan infrastructure agreement to a second package of Democratic economic priorities. While left-leaning articles highlight that Biden appears to have righted himself with centrist senators in the infrastructure agreement, right-leaning articles highlight that Republican Representative Andy Biggs blasted Biden’s infrastructure plan as a “five-lane highway” towards socialism.

A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Biden appears to have righted himself with centrist senators in the infrastructure agreement. House progressives continued to make clear they won’t support a bipartisan infrastructure deal without an accompanying sweeping bill.

The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Pelosi said her initial strategy, to withhold a House infrastructure vote until the Senate passes a larger, partisan families plan, remains unchanged. The remarks come several days after President Biden had shaken the infrastructure debate.

 A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Republican Representative Andy Biggs blasted Biden’s infrastructure plan as a “five-lane highway” towards socialism. Biggs likened the Democrats’ infrastructure plan to socialism.



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