Bipartisan Senators Unveil Finalized $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
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On Sunday, a bipartisan group of senators unveiled the finalized legislative text of a $1.2 trillion, eight-year infrastructure bill. While left-leaning articles highlight that the package arrives after weeks of haggling among a bipartisan bloc of lawmakers, right-leaning articles highlight that Biden’s bill includes a massive carveout that allows federal agency heads to waive a mandate requiring federal agencies to prohibit new funding for infrastructure.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the package arrives after weeks of haggling among a bipartisan bloc of lawmakers who muscled through late-night fights and near-collapses. With the full text slated to be released imminently, the fate of their labor now rests in the Senate.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that the 2,702-page measure is narrower than the multitrillion-dollar plan envisioned by President Biden earlier this year. The bill includes funding for roads, bridges, transit, broadband, and water.
A right-leaning article by Washington Times highlights that Biden’s bill includes a massive carveout that allows federal agency heads to waive a mandate that requires federal agencies to prohibit new funding for infrastructure. Bureaucrats are granted wide discretion when granting the waivers.
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Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill carves out broad exemptions from ‘Buy American’ mandates
Washington Times