Infrastructure Across America - Page 35

June 27, 2021

ABC's Jon Karl urges Manchin to use his 'red lines' to pressure Republicans, not Democrats, on infrastructure

ABC's "This Week" guest host Jonathan Karl was accused of trying to pressure Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. on Sunday into moving Republicans to the left to support a more expensive infrastructure plan along with the roughly $1 trillion compromise measure announced on Thursday following bipartisan negotiations.

June 27, 2021

Biden senior adviser Richmond on bipartisan infrastructure bill, Dem spending package: ‘We’ll sign both’

After President Biden stirred controversy by claiming he would not sign a bipartisan infrastructure bill without having a massive partisan spending package alongside it, senior presidential adviser Cedric Richmond on Sunday said Biden will indeed sign the narrower, Republican-backed bill – with broader legislation to follow.

June 25, 2021

Florida families and friends desperate for answers as rescue operation continues in condo collapse

Search and rescue teams are currently battling weather and small fires as they comb through the massive pile of rubble that resulted from a 12-story beachfront condo's collapse early Thursday morning, leaving roughly 160 people still unaccounted for as of Friday afternoon.

June 24, 2021

McConnell: Biden's 'tale of two press conferences' soured rare bipartisan 'optimism' on infrastructure

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told "Special Report" he went from "optimism to pessimism" after President Biden promised not to sign a bipartisan infrastructure bill unless Congress also passes his tax bill.

June 24, 2021

Biden says he won't sign bipartisan spending deal without Democrats' infrastructure wish list

President Biden on Thursday touted a new major bipartisan spending deal but warned he wouldn't sign the roughly $1 trillion in roads, bridges and broadband investments unless Congress passes a separate bill on human infrastructure filled with Democratic priorities on expanding the social safety net. 

June 24, 2021

MSNBC contributor criticized for using term 'human infrastructure' in report on Biden's agenda

MSNBC contributor Jake Sherman was accused of using Democratic talking points on Twitter Thursday for referring to President Biden's agenda as geared toward "hard infrastructure" and "human infrastructure."

June 24, 2021

Manchin won't commit to progressives' infrastructure wish list putting passage in limbo

The delicate political balancing act of passing infrastructure legislation through a divided Senate hit a snag Thursday, with Sen. Joe Manchin saying he's not ready to commit to passing a progressive-backed companion bill that could hit $6 trillion in new spending.

June 21, 2021

Liz Peek: Bernie Sanders' $6 trillion plan – Dems' radical spending will drive inflation higher. Here's how

Concerned about the skyrocketing cost of everything? Shocked at what you have to pay for chicken, for gasoline, for rent today? Don’t look now, but Bernie Sanders has a plan that will drive prices even higher.

June 20, 2021

Graham: Dems' voting bill is 'biggest power grab' in US history, will not support Manchin compromise

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., fiercely opposed Democrats' proposed voting reform bill, telling "Fox News Sunday" that even a stripped-down version from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., was unacceptable.

June 19, 2021

Charles Payne presses House Budget Chair on Democrats' taxation and spending strategy

"Your World" host Charles Payne pressed House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth Friday on the Democrats' spending plan, asking if the Dems want the US to lose power much like Japan has over 20 years