Saturday, August 14, 2021

Infrastructure Bill 81221


The US Senate voted to approve the Infrastructure Bill and sent it to the US House.  Items approved are listed below.

$110B Roads and bridges

$39B Public transit

$66B Rail freight, passenger

$65B Broadband

$25B Airports

$17B Ports

$7.5B Electric Buses and Ferries

$7.5B Electric Chargers

$65B Power lines for Wind and Solar

$55B Replace lead water pipes

$50B Flood, draught, cyber attack prevention

$21B Cap gas wells and mines

$528B total

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/politics/infrastructure-bill-explained/index.html

 

Here are the Republicans who voted with Mr. McConnell to approve the bill:

·       Roy Blunt of Missouri

·       Richard Burr of North Carolina

·       Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia

·       Bill Cassidy of Louisiana

·       Susan Collins of Maine

·       Kevin Cramer of North Dakota

·       Michael D. Crapo of Idaho

·       Deb Fischer of Nebraska

·       Lindsey Graham of South Carolina

·       Charles E. Grassley of Iowa

·       John Hoeven of North Dakota

·       Lisa Murkowski of Alaska

·       Rob Portman of Ohio

·       James Risch of Idaho

·       Mitt Romney of Utah

·       Dan Sullivan of Alaska

·       Thom Tillis of North Carolina

·       Roger Wicker of Mississippi

https://www.google.com/search?q=republican+senators+who+voted+for+the+infrastructure+bill&oq=r&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l2j69i57j69i59j69i60l4.2307j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Comments

The infrastructure included in this Bill should be funded by cities, counties and States, not the Federal government.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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