President Joe Biden recently announced a $2 trillion spending plan to modernize America’s roads and bridges and other infrastructure. However, the plan will encounter obstacles in Congress.
President Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan lays out a blueprint for what infrastructure is. It is not only for building roads and bridges, but also for building broadband Internet and technologies to mitigate climate change.
The plan’s jobs plan includes building the nation’s clean energy workforce and advancing nursing as a career.
Republican leaders say the proposal is too broad. That master plan envisions 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations by 2030.
Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican, said, “When people think about infrastructure, they’re thinking about roads, bridges, ports and airports. That’s a very small part of what they’re talking about in terms of infrastructure included.”
How to pay the bills is also an issue. The package proposes to raise taxes on corporations, which Republicans oppose.
The bill is currently under consideration among Democratic leaders in Congress, with the goal of submitting it to the president for his signature in the coming months. The package will test Democratic unity: If Biden can’t get any Republican support, he will need every Democratic senator in the neck-and-neck Senate to vote yes.
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