Tag: Infrastructure

Biden signs the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill a week after it arrives at his desk

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President Biden finally signed off on the much-anticipated $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Monday, flanked by several members of Congress who sent the legislation to the president’s office more than a week ago. After waiting for Congress to return from recess last week for members who helped write the legislation to attend the signing, Biden signed the bill before a crowd gathered outside the White House, saying, “America is moving again.” We talked about having the best economy in the world. We’ve talked about asserting American leadership around the…

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Buttigieg’s claim about “systemic racism” is the left-wing myth about Robert Moses

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While discussing the alleged systemic racism of American transportation at a recent press conference, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg used an example of how he “constructed an underpass so that a bus carrying mostly black and Puerto Rican children to the beach . . . in New York . . . is designed so low that You can’t pass it by, and that clearly reflects the racism that went into these design choices.” Conservative commentators quickly pounced on Buttigieg’s remarks, leading Washington Post columnist Philip Pompeo to point out that Buttigieg…

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Biden picks Mitch Landrieu to oversee infrastructure spending

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The White House announced Sunday that President Joe Biden has appointed former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to lead implementation of the nearly $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Landrieu, a 61-year-old Democrat, has been appointed senior advisor and infrastructure coordinator ahead of the expected signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Monday, where he will “oversee the most important and comprehensive investment in American infrastructure in generations.” The White House has praised Landrio’s leadership as a former mayor of the Big Easy, a position he held from 2010…

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Trump vows preliminary battles against the pro-infrastructure Republican Party

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Former President Donald Trump is calling for primaries for the “RINOs, sell-offs, and known losers” who beat him in last week’s infrastructure vote — with three notable exceptions. trump card, In an email blast on Saturday To followers of his Save America PAC, he asked “Good and SMART America First Republican Patriots to run primary campaigns” against 11 GOP representatives — nearly all of whom voted “yes” to the Democrats’ $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill on November 5. “You will get my support!” We have promised potential competitors. But Rep. Nicole…

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Letters to the Editor – November 14, 2021

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mad baby careTotally agree with Rich Lowry (“Dem Day-Care Disaster,” PostOpinion, Nov. 10)The childcare proposal that Democrats wrote into the Better Rebuild/Human Infrastructure Bill is the most devastating part of the entire bill. It directly affects and seeks to control families.Let’s face it, the traditional family has been a target of the left since Joseph Stalin.When President Biden or the Secretary of Transportation tells us that women are prohibited from working, they are lying.First of all, they work: they are raising the next generation. If they hold jobs outside the…

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Representative Andrew Garbarino, suspected of threatening to kill Kenneth Jasper, arrested

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A Long Island man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly made a death threat to Congressman Andrew Garbarino — one of 13 Republican members of the House of Representatives who supported the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Kenneth Jasper, 64, is charged with phoning the threat to Garbarino — which represents parts of Long Island — on Wednesday, according to Nassau police. Authorities said Gasper allegedly acted because he did not agree to the “last congressional vote” cast by the lawmaker. Police said Jasper was charged with aggravated harassment. Garbarino…

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Kamala Harris: Biden’s social spending bill ‘about to pass’

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Vice President Kamala Harris claimed Thursday that the nearly $2 trillion social and environmental spending bill “is about to pass soon” — despite pressure from centrist Democrats after a new report showed inflation at a three-decade high. Harris, speaking at a Armistice Day event in France, last week touted the passage of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill while saying she was confident Congress would pass President Biden’s most controversial and largest spending bill. “Before I travel here, Congress passed a landmark law to make a historic investment in our…

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Democrats use ‘tricks’ to hide spending

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The US Chamber of Commerce accused Democrats of using accounting “tricks” to hide more than $1 trillion in spending in President Biden’s Better Social Reconstruction project, and warned lawmakers not to vote on the package without knowing the “real cost.” “ “We have the highest inflation in 31 years, employers are struggling to fill a record number of jobs, and the current draft of the settlement bill is using gimmicks to cover up spending of more than $1 trillion,” Chamber Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley said…

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New York City construction manager calls for ‘BQE demolition’

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A senior representative of New York builders and developers told a group of Brooklyn business leaders Wednesday that the city and state should use money from the federal infrastructure bill to “demolition” the Brooklyn-Queens highway. It’s the most ridiculous, it’s disgusting. It’s dangerous, it’s polluted, it’s rust. Let’s all shout, ‘Rip the BQE!’ Carlo Scisora, the speaker of Congress in the New York building, said during a breakfast session hosted by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. Scisora, the former executive director of the Brooklyn Chamber, said he hopes the 3rd…

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Eric Adams joins Democrats denouncing ‘built in’ road racism

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New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams is the latest New York politician to echo Pete Buttigieg’s claims that racism is “built into” America’s infrastructure. Adams on Wednesday endorsed a concept put forward by Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Richie Torres the day before to “block” the Trans-Bronx Expressway. “Racism is ingrained in our infrastructure, and we need to confront and combat it. Blocking the Cross Bronx Highway is just the beginning!” Adams tweeted, echoing the Transportation Secretary’s claim on Monday that racism was a “simple fact” because American highways were…

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