Big questions loom ahead of Biden's next spending push, like 'what is infrastructure?'

[DonViejo]

MARCH 15, 20217:02 AM UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO

By Jarrett Renshaw, Trevor Hunnicutt

5 MIN READ

(Reuters) - With a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package finally passed, U.S. President Joe Biden’s next big spending push is already on the horizon - repairing the nation’s ailing bridges, roads and airports and investing billions in new projects like broadband internet.

Biden may sketch the outline of the plan, promised on the campaign trail, in a joint address to Congress this month and provide details in April, giving lawmakers several months to work on the bill before an August recess, people familiar with the White House plans said.

The White House has added infrastructure experts to the administration in recent weeks, and called in lawmakers and companies to discuss the topic.

With a narrow majority in Congress, Biden and Democrats need to either move all or parts of the package through a budget process that would only require party-line votes known as reconciliation, or attract Republican votes and make it a bipartisan effort.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-infrastructure-idUSKBN2B718Y

[bdamomma]

1. another bill

to be passed by Democrats only. Let the work begin.

[Nay]

2. Indeed! Let's fix all the broken shit (Flint water system first!) and stop acting like we

have no goddamn money to do anything. Can you imagine? We may actually have a future....