US Democrats pass $1.35 trillion infrastructure Bill, ending daylong stand-off

The Straits Times2021-11-06

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - After a daylong stand-off, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass a US$1 trillion (S$1.35 trillion) package of highway, broadband and other ...

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Kamarulzaman
2021-11-08
Kamarulzaman
No comment guys
Karenz
2021-11-08
Karenz
Ok
RichyRick
2021-11-08
RichyRick
Good to know
BlueDragon
2021-11-08
BlueDragon
It is always the same, create big news. In the end, each party gets what they want and the bill gets passed. And each party will claim victory.
SPOT_ON
2021-11-08
SPOT_ON
Like n follow
PearlynCSY
2021-11-08
PearlynCSY
Americans are no longer great infra builders. Today, the accolade goes to China. This is one area the Americans can't afford to be arrogant. Better to learn from China
- RichyRick:
  yeah

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This is the Democratic Party,\" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters earlier in the day. \"We are not a lockstep party.\"\nThe stand-off came just days after Democrats suffered losses in closely watched state elections, raising concerns that they may lose control of Congress next year.\nBiden called lawmakers to urge them to pass the transportation package, which has already won approval in the Senate.\nThe infrastructure Bill passed with the support of 13 Republicans, fulfilling Biden’s promise of passing some bipartisan legislation.\nThe phrase \"infrastructure week\" had become a Washington punchline during his predecessor Donald Trump’s four years in the White House, when plans to focus on those investments were repeatedly derailed by scandals.\nThe party is eager to show it can move forward on the president's agenda and fend off Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections, when control of the House and Senate will be on the line.\nCongress also faces looming Dec 3 deadlines to avert a politically embarrassing government shutdown and an economically catastrophic default on the federal government's debt.\nWith razor-thin majorities in Congress and a united Republican opposition, Democrats need unity to pass legislation.\nThe infrastructure Bill, which passed the Senate in August with 19 Republican votes, would fund a massive upgrade of America's roads, bridges, airports, seaports and rail systems, while also expanding broadband Internet service.\nThe \"Build Back Better\" package includes provisions on child care and preschool, eldercare, healthcare, prescription drug pricing and immigration.\nIt would bolster the credibility of Biden’s pledge to halve US greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 during the UN climate conference taking place in Glasgow, Scotland.\nRepublicans uniformly oppose that legislation, casting it as a dramatic expansion of government that would hurt businesses.\nPelosi and other top Democrats have said that fails to account for increased tax enforcement and savings from lower prescription drug prices.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":845888165,"gmtCreate":1636328538924,"gmtModify":1636328539316,"author":{"id":"3574713327400822","authorId":"3574713327400822","name":"RichyRick","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b86ee481aaeabbd2348ddf829e3a56fe","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3574713327400822","idStr":"3574713327400822"},"htmlText":"Good to know","listText":"Good to know","text":"Good to know","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/845888165","repostId":2181742831,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2181742831","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1636169123,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2181742831?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-06 11:25","market":"us","language":"en","title":"US Democrats pass $1.35 trillion infrastructure Bill, ending daylong stand-off","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2181742831","media":"The Straits Times","summary":"WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - After a daylong stand-off, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives","content":"<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - After a daylong stand-off, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass a US$1 trillion (S$1.35 trillion) package of highway, broadband and other ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-democrats-pass-135-trillion-infrastructure-bill-ending-daylong-stand-off\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n","source":"straits_highlight","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; 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This is the Democratic Party,\" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters earlier in the day. \"We are not a lockstep party.\"\nThe stand-off came just days after Democrats suffered losses in closely watched state elections, raising concerns that they may lose control of Congress next year.\nBiden called lawmakers to urge them to pass the transportation package, which has already won approval in the Senate.\nThe infrastructure Bill passed with the support of 13 Republicans, fulfilling Biden’s promise of passing some bipartisan legislation.\nThe phrase \"infrastructure week\" had become a Washington punchline during his predecessor Donald Trump’s four years in the White House, when plans to focus on those investments were repeatedly derailed by scandals.\nThe party is eager to show it can move forward on the president's agenda and fend off Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections, when control of the House and Senate will be on the line.\nCongress also faces looming Dec 3 deadlines to avert a politically embarrassing government shutdown and an economically catastrophic default on the federal government's debt.\nWith razor-thin majorities in Congress and a united Republican opposition, Democrats need unity to pass legislation.\nThe infrastructure Bill, which passed the Senate in August with 19 Republican votes, would fund a massive upgrade of America's roads, bridges, airports, seaports and rail systems, while also expanding broadband Internet service.\nThe \"Build Back Better\" package includes provisions on child care and preschool, eldercare, healthcare, prescription drug pricing and immigration.\nIt would bolster the credibility of Biden’s pledge to halve US greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 during the UN climate conference taking place in Glasgow, Scotland.\nRepublicans uniformly oppose that legislation, casting it as a dramatic expansion of government that would hurt businesses.\nPelosi and other top Democrats have said that fails to account for increased tax enforcement and savings from lower prescription drug prices.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6491483,"gmtCreate":1636328569769,"gmtModify":1636328569872,"authorId":3574713327400822,"author":{"id":3574713327400822,"idStr":"3574713327400822","authorId":3574713327400822,"name":"RichyRick","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b86ee481aaeabbd2348ddf829e3a56fe","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":845805589,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"yeah","text":"yeah","html":"yeah"}],"langContent":"CN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":620,"commentSize":80,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":false,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.3","shortVersion":"4.29.3","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"laohu8","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2181742831"}