-
Nation’s infrastructure maintenance
-
[b]Democrats Ready to Meet Manchin Where He Is[/b][/h1]
Senate Democrats are preparing to make one last push for a deal with Joe Manchin on a huge party-line tax and spending bill. And they say theyll do it differently this time, [link=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/04/dems-party-line-spending-manchin-00022362]Politico[/link] reports.
With their 50-member majority poised to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court by the end of the week, Democrats say they will quickly turn to trying to rebuild the bill once known as Build Back Better. But rather than a redux of the slow-motion collapse of that $1.7 trillion plan, they say theyll swiftly meet Manchin where he is.
[link=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/04/04/democrats-two-do-confirm-jackson-land-manchin-00022646?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014e-f0ed-dd93-ad7f-f8edad790000&nlid=630318]Playbook[/link]: Manchin recently was saying July Fourth and before August recess, but other Dems want to move faster.-
Smart
-
-
[h1][b]White House to Aides: Shut up about Joe Manchin[/b][/h1]
[link=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/11/white-house-joe-manchin-biden-00024340]Politico[/link]: As another round of talks on a climate and spending bill ramps up, aides and advocates are under strict orders to keep their mouths shut lest they antagonize the all-important senator.
-
They just need to flip Collins or Murkowski.
-
Quote from dergon
[h1][b]White House to Aides: Shut up about Joe Manchin[/b][/h1]
[link=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/11/white-house-joe-manchin-biden-00024340]Politico[/link]: As another round of talks on a climate and spending bill ramps up, aides and advocates are under strict orders to keep their mouths shut lest they antagonize the all-important senator.
Haha. One might call it pragmatism.
-
-
[h1][b]Democrats Eye Wider Deal with Joe Manchin[/b][/h1]
[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/06/29/schumer-manchin-drug-pricing/]Washington Post[/link] :Democratic leaders have finalized a revised proposal to lower prescription drug prices for seniors, part of a broader scramble to satisfy Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and resurrect a long-stalled economic package that they hope to advance as soon as this summer.”
The development follows weeks of highly private talks between Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Manchin, a centrist holdout whose spending concerns scuttled an earlier bill known as the Build Back Better Act. It positions Democrats to jumpstart a key part of the legislative process around their agenda, even as they wrangle with the West Virginia lawmaker over other plans to lower health-care costs and combat climate change.
[link=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-democrats-see-major-progress-biden-agenda-bill-hope-july-vote-rcna36041]NBC News[/link]: Senate Democrats see major progress on Biden agenda bill, hope for July vote.
[link=https://punchbowl.news/archive/6-30-22-punchbowl-news-am/]Punchbowl News[/link]: So will this happen? Will Washingtons Oddest Couple actually reach an agreement, thereby ending months of slow motion drama? Still unclear. But theres been progress.
-
Prescription drug costs is a safe one to add. Smart.
-
-
No surprise. Manchin saves his a** on the big ticket and then Mitch tells him to go s*** a bag of d****.
-
[h2][link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/02/18/biden-buy-america-roads-bridges/]Bidens Buy America bid runs into the manufacturing woes it aims to fix[/link][/h2]
[h2]Infrastructure officials complain they cant find U.S. suppliers for items they need to buy American by law[/h2]This awkward dynamic spilled into public view this month, when the U.S. Department of Transportation denied a request by the nations ports to use federal infrastructure funds to purchase imported dock cranes, trucks, boat lifts and similar equipment, after industry officials argued that no domestic manufacturers exist for them. In particular, while some smaller cargo-handling units are made in the United States, all of the electric models that support the administrations climate goals are made overseas, according to the American Association of Port Authorities.
…
With the approach of the spring construction season, Bidens push to boost domestic production is clashing with the reality that some materials are not available from U.S. sources in the amount or time required, according to groups representing the agencies that manage projects and the industries that build them.
…
What the president billed as a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America and make a real difference in your lives at home is aimed at working-class voters who have abandoned the Democratic Party as their economic fortunes have been upended by globalization.
Government preferences for domestic goods enjoy wide support from politicians in both parties, despite evidence that such measures often mean added costs and project delays. The administrations determination to increase domestic production now is colliding with the industrial legacy of decades of trade liberalization, which facilitated the relocation of factories to lower-cost locales.[/QUOTE]
-
Irony abounds. American short-term corporate thinking at work making America not so great again, MANSGA.
The pandemics PPE shortage writ large.-
Thats what we need to do. Government funding to people who will start those businesses. Give 0 interest loans to someone who will make the product here I order to get the. Started.
-
Industrial policy was something Conservatives always strongly opposed and still do. Consider Solyndra, which will be used as an example to oppose.
This will be a purely Democratic move likely without Republican support for 3 reasons, Conservative policy & opposition to anything Democratic, the House.-
[h1]DeSantis Rejects $377 Million in Federal Energy Funds[/h1]
Florida Republican Governor and 2024 presidential contender Ron DeSantis quietly rejected hundreds of millions of dollars in federal energy funding, as the Biden administration touts the benefits of its marquee climate law on the campaign trail in battleground states, [link=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-11/desantis-says-no-thanks-to-377-million-in-federal-energy-funds?cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-politics&leadSource=uverify%20wall]Bloomberg[/link] reports.
The funding, totaling about $377 million, included hundreds of millions of dollars for energy-efficiency rebates and electrification as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, as well as money from the bipartisan infrastructure legislation that became law in 2021.
-
Maybe he thinks when he paved the roads with radioactive waste thatll make power?
-
-
-
-
-
-
[h1]House GOP Looks to Cancel Infrastructure Spending[/h1]
[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/18/republican-spending-bills-infrastructure-cuts/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert]Washington Post[/link]: A series of GOP bills to finance the federal government in 2024 would wipe out billions of dollars meant to repair the nations aging infrastructure, potentially undercutting a 2021 law that was one of Washingtons rare recent bipartisan achievements. The proposed cuts could hamstring some of the most urgently needed public-works projects across the country, from improving rail safety to reducing lead contamination at schools.
Some of the cuts would be particularly steep: Amtrak, for example, could lose nearly two-thirds of its annual federal funding next fiscal year if House Republicans prevail. That includes more than $1 billion in cuts targeting the highly trafficked and rapidly aging Northeast Corridor, which runs between Boston and Washington, prompting Amtraks chief to sound early alarms about service disruptions.
-
Not politically savvy. Another issue they will lose on? They better hope their centrist members keep it from happening.
-
Quote from dergon
[h1]House GOP Looks to Cancel Infrastructure Spending[/h1]
[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/18/republican-spending-bills-infrastructure-cuts/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert]Washington Post[/link]: A series of GOP bills to finance the federal government in 2024 would wipe out billions of dollars meant to repair the nations aging infrastructure, potentially undercutting a 2021 law that was one of Washingtons rare recent bipartisan achievements. The proposed cuts could hamstring some of the most urgently needed public-works projects across the country, from improving rail safety to reducing lead contamination at schools.Some of the cuts would be particularly steep: Amtrak, for example, could lose nearly two-thirds of its annual federal funding next fiscal year if House Republicans prevail. That includes more than $1 billion in cuts targeting the highly trafficked and rapidly aging Northeast Corridor, which runs between Boston and Washington, prompting Amtraks chief to sound early alarms about service disruptions.
can they cancel already approved spending? At least unilaterally? I thought senate would have to approve anything they pass.
Also this is the problem with government. The kinds of things that government should do like pave roads, build airports, fix stuff are things they don’t want to do. Projects that would offer return on investment no doubt.-
Quote from DICOM_Dan
Quote from dergon
[h1]House GOP Looks to Cancel Infrastructure Spending[/h1]
[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/18/republican-spending-bills-infrastructure-cuts/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert]Washington Post[/link]: A series of GOP bills to finance the federal government in 2024 would wipe out billions of dollars meant to repair the nations aging infrastructure, potentially undercutting a 2021 law that was one of Washingtons rare recent bipartisan achievements. The proposed cuts could hamstring some of the most urgently needed public-works projects across the country, from improving rail safety to reducing lead contamination at schools.Some of the cuts would be particularly steep: Amtrak, for example, could lose nearly two-thirds of its annual federal funding next fiscal year if House Republicans prevail. That includes more than $1 billion in cuts targeting the highly trafficked and rapidly aging Northeast Corridor, which runs between Boston and Washington, prompting Amtraks chief to sound early alarms about service disruptions.
can they cancel already approved spending? At least unilaterally? I thought senate would have to approve anything they pass.
Also this is the problem with government. The kinds of things that government should do like pave roads, build airports, fix stuff are things they don’t want to do. Projects that would offer return on investment no doubt.
Yes. It won;t get through the senate
if the House GOP holds to those cuts we will go to a government shutdown
-
-
-
[h2][link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/28/federal-infrastructure-spending-economy-manufacturing/]Infrastructure and green energy spending are powering the economy[/link][/h2] [h2]Bidens policies are fueling a surge in private investments and contributing to GDP growth. But will voters notice or care?[/h2]
The jump in private investment, in particular, is already filtering into the economy. Business spending on infrastructure, such as manufacturing plants, transportation equipment and software, rose 56 percent in the most recent quarter, accounting for 15 percent of the economys expansion, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. While its difficult to tell exactly how much of that growth directly resulted from the Biden administrations policies, economists say the uptick in business activity is striking at a time when higher borrowing costs and tighter lending standards have curtailed other investments.
We were expecting infrastructure spending to hit in 2024 and 2025, but its making its way through the economy much faster than that, said Diane Swonk, chief economist for KPMG. Were getting renewed strength from infrastructure spending and other stimulus that is adding to the economy in a big way.
The economy in the first half of the year is growing much stronger than we had anticipated, Ellen Zentner, the banks chief U.S. economist, wrote in a research note. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was signed into law in November 2021 is driving a boom in large-scale infrastructure.
[/QUOTE]
-
GO BRANDON!
-
