Infrastructure – Page 9 – People's World

Work on infrastructure bill starts, but big hazards ahead

July 30, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Republicans taking needed relief funds rather than taxing the rich to pay for the deal.

Infrastructure talks expose the difficulty of dealing with Republicans

July 28, 2021 By Alan Fram

GOP using these talks to decrease support for Biden's big $3.5 trillion human infrastructure plan.

Again, GOP puts party before progress, blocking infrastructure bills

July 22, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Even Republican senators who drafted the bipartisan “compromise” voted against it.

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence climate change damage bill hits $2 billion

July 7, 2021 By C.J. Atkins

The hefty bill has mayors begging Congress to include targeted climate change funds in the infrastructure bill.

Labor, green groups unite to push Jobs Plan and Families Plan

June 30, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Congress seems hell-bent on passing a stripped-down version of the Jobs Plan and—thanks to rigid Senate Republican opposition and filibuster threats—doing nothing at all about the Families Plan.