US House passes $1.2T Bill

$110B highway & bridge repair

$66B railroads Amtrac

$65B electric power grid

$65B broadband

$55B water

$47B cyber security

$39B public transit

$25B airports

$21B clean-up sites

$17B ports

$11B safety

$8B western water

$7.5B electric vehicle charging stations

$7.5B electric school buses

Paying for it

The five-year spending package would be paid for by tapping $210 billion in unspent COVID-19 relief aid and $53 billion in unemployment insurance aid some states have halted, along with an array of smaller pots of money, like petroleum reserve sales and spectrum auctions for 5G services.

https://whyy.org/articles/roads-transit-internet-whats-in-the-final-infrastructure-bill/

https://www.investopedia.com/here-s-what-s-in-the-usd1-trillion-infrastructure-bill-passed-by-the-senate-5196817

The 13 House Republicans who voted for the $1.2T green infrastructure bill include:

Don Bacon, Nebraska.

Don Young Alaska  

Adam Kinzinger Illinois  

Fred Upton Michigan

Jeff Van Drew New Jersey

Chris Smith New Jersey

Nicole Malliotakis New York

Andrew Garbarino New York

John Katko New York

Tom Reed of New York  

Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio  

Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania

David McKinley of West Virginia

The six House Democrats who voted against the bill include:

Ayanna Pressley Massachusetts;

Rashida Tlaib Michigan

Ilhan Omar Minnesota

Cori Bush Missouri

Jamaal Bowman New York

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York

Comments

The votes suggest that most of the spending will benefit Democrat States.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader