What is the Infrastructure Bill, Costs, Impasse

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We ran the numbers: There are 2064 news articles covering this topic. 23% (474) are left leaning, 45% (932) are center, and 32% (658) are right leaning.

On Friday, the White House and congressional Democrats resumed negotiations to try to forge a compromise that could pave the way for passage of Biden’s proposals to rebuild roads and bridges. While left-leaning articles highlight that Biden reset Democrats’ expectations for his economic agenda on Friday, right-leaning articles highlight that Republican Senate Minority Leader and Senate Budget Committee ranking member Lindsey Graham asked the Congressional Budget Office to provide the American people with the “true cost” of the multi-trillion-dollar spending package..

 A left-leaning article by Bloomberg highlights that Biden reset Democrats’ expectations for his economic agenda on Friday, telling lawmakers to expect a smaller tax and spending package. Biden said the Senate-passed legislation with $550 billion in new infrastructure spending could wait.

USA Today published a centrist article reporting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., committed to a vote Thursday on a $1 trillion package of spending on infrastructure. However, the vote was delayed amid disagreements over the size of a separate $3.5 trillion package.

A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Republican Senate Minority Leader and Senate Budget Committee ranking member Lindsey Graham asked the Congressional Budget Office to provide the American people with the “true cost” of the multi-trillion-dollar spending package.



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