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Is Reconciliation Key to Passing the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill?

Democrats are pushing a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill even as those in their party express concerns over the price tag. Many Democratic lawmakers say they will not pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill without the reconciliation bill however.

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Highway Trust Fund to Run Out in November

The impending cash flow shortfall is due to continuous and structural cash flow deficit since 2008. If the FHWA does not implement cash management procedures now, the fund will run out in less than two months

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Three Things the Infrastructure Plan Missed

The $1.2 trillion bipartisan plan spends a little money in a lot of places, but misses key opportunities to make transformative change.

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Three Issues Infrastructure Funding Will Address

From fixing aging roadways and failing bridges to helping ease costly congestion, the investment in our nation's infrastructure will have profound impacts

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Bill Gates Promises $1.5 Billion for Green Infrastructure if Congress Passes Plan

Gates' climate investment fund, Breakthrough Energy, will pledge $1.5 billion for climate change projects if Congress passes infrastructure bill.

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Construction Industry Urges Passage of IIJA of 2021

After the Senate passed the historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, construction groups urged the House of Representatives to put policy ahead of politics to pass the bill as soon as possible

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Detours Still Lead to Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

The Senate has finally passed the historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure legislation with dramatic increases in road, bridge and water spending with a vote of 69-30. The bill's future in the House could be an immediate vote, or more struggle.

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Hops & Highways: Infrastructure Bill Special Report

Lawmakers in the Senate passed the $1.2 bipartisan infrastructure package - here's the latest from Jess & Dormie

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Flop Back to Budget Restraint Betrays Senate Indifference to Infrastructure

The ‘government doesn’t work’ platform is plain as day when self-styled ‘budget hawks’ revive to circle the infrastructure bill after four years of spending on other priorities like drunken sailors

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Hurdles to Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation

Senate action on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill has slowed to a crawl as lawmakers await assessment from the CBO and haggle over more than 250 proposed amendments to the legislation

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NTEA calls on Congress to repeal the Federal Excise Tax

NTEA | The Association for the Work Truck Industry

Eliminating the FET would provide Congress the opportunity to create long-term stability in the Highway Trust Fund by replacing the FET with a funding source not based on annual truck sales.

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House Votes to Increase US DOT Funding by $19B

The spending increase on its way to the Senate would expand safety programs and fund highway, rail, transit and climate-focused infrastructure projects as part of a sprawling spending package the U.S. House of Representatives approved Thursday

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