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Democrats November 22, 2021

'Squad' Democrat Tlaib warns 'corporate Dems' Manchin, Sinema, may cut reconciliation in Senate: report

Rep. Rashida Tlaib called Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema "corporate Dems" in an Axios interview released Sunday.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez November 21, 2021

AOC mocked McCarthy's speech from House cloakroom prior to social-spending vote: 'Communicating so little'

While U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy was on the House floor last week, delivering a more than eight-hour marathon speech against the spending agenda of President Biden and the Democrats, one political opponent spent at least part of that time sequestered inside the House cloakroom.

OPINION November 18, 2021

America, we've been swindled again on infrastructure

The infrastructure law was sold to the public with promises that airports, highways and bridges will be repaired. In fact, analysts note, the law "adds as much new spending to modes like mass transit and Amtrak as it does for highways.

Congress November 17, 2021

Republican lawmaker touts infrastructure law that he voted against

Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., was among the majority of Republicans who voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but now he appears to be celebrating the benefits that the newly signed legislation is bestowing on his home state.

Joe Biden November 17, 2021

Biden visits old, rusty New Hampshire bridge to tout newly signed infrastructure bill

A tiny crowd – including some protesters – greeted President Biden near a rusty old bridge in rural New Hampshire on Tuesday as he tried to build excitement for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill he signed into law a day earlier.

Infrastructure Across America November 16, 2021

Labor secretary touts infrastructure law despite inflation, workers quitting at near-record rate

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh appeared on "America's Newsroom" on Tuesday, touting the new infrastructure law and arguing it will "generate revenue and growth" across the country.

OPINION November 16, 2021

We're about to receive the largest infrastructure investment in US history and it's a good thing

The infrastructure we build impacts our health and the environment for decades into the future.

Congress November 15, 2021

Democrats face tumultuous process to get massive social spending package passed

Now, comes the hard part: advancing the social spending package through the House and Senate over the next few weeks — and not getting tripped up by a collision with the debt ceiling and a potential government shutdown on Dec. 3.

OPINION November 15, 2021

I proudly voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Now we must pass the Build Back Better Act

On November 5 we showed that our Congress is capable of coming together on a bipartisan basis to ensure that America leads in the 21st century.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 10, 2021

Pro-infrastructure Republicans fire back amid attacks from Trump GOP: 'angry as hell'

The wrath of the Trump wing of the Republican Party came down on Republicans who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, including cutting comments from Trump himself.

OPINION November 10, 2021

David Marcus: Buttigieg's bigoted bridges remark was a bag of nonsense

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was roundly mocked this week when he was asked about how the Biden administration planned to "deconstruct" the racist infrastructure systems in America.