Infrastructure and Transportation Update 6/24/21

Today, 6/24, President Joe Biden celebrated a deal with a group of Democratic and Republican senators on a $579 billion infrastructure plan, saying it would create millions of jobs while fulfilling a major piece of his economic agenda…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said they’ve agreed on a strategy to twin a bipartisan infrastructure package and a budget resolution setting up fast-track legislation with the rest of Biden’s $4 trillion economic plan…

President Biden made clear his support for the physical infrastructure package is contingent on Congress also passing companion legislation with funding for other key priorities included in his American Jobs Plan and the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan -- particularly those known as “soft” or “human” infrastructure…

Highlights of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework include…

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced 38-26, a five-year, $547 billion surface transportation bill largely along party lines this month with support from two Republicans only - Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Jenniffer González-Colón (R- PR)…