There are a few factors that could weaken progressive resistance to the infrastructure bill, even as the left flank clashes over it and the Build Back Better legislation.
By Bill Scher
Carrie Sheffield: Inflationary $3.5T plan would hurt poor, elderly, minorities
Poor, minority, and elderly families are hardest hit by rising inflation rates, and a Democrat-championed $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” bill will only make things worse.
By Carrie Sheffield
Pennsylvania’s alternate transportation funding plan ‘dead on arrival,’ legislators say
A package of transportation revenue options proposed last week will not pass the General Assembly this year, legislators said, leaving questions about how the state will address its multibillion dollar infrastructure problem.
By Christen Smith
Poll flashes warning signs on Democrat-only “infrastructure” bill
As Democrats contemplate a three-to-four trillion dollar “human infrastructure” bill to add to a bipartisan infrastructure bill, a national poll shows significant vulnerability in key swing Congressional Districts.
By Joe Silverstein
Andrew Abramczyk: Biden’s “Infrastructure” plan shows why we can’t have nice things
The Biden bill exemplifies everything that’s gone wrong with our politics.
By Andrew Abramczyk
White House report grades Pennsylvania infrastructure C-
A White House report rates Pennsylvania’s infrastructure at a C- after decades of “systemic” underfunding.
By Christen Smith