Biden’s Historic Week w/Infrastructure Bill
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Presidential historian Jon Meacham discusses Biden’s attempt to combat the extreme partisanship in Washington today, November 20, 2021, in the video published on Nov 20, 2021, “Jon Meacham On Biden’s Historic Week“, below:
Rachel Maddow points out that even as improving U.S. infrastructure has been a central goal of President Biden, he has also been focused on proving to the world that democracy is an effective, productive means of governing, superior to autocracy, a goal also served by the passage of the infrastructure bill, in the video published on Nov 16, 2021, “Infrastructure Bill A Victory For Biden As Well For Democracy As A System Of Government“, below:
CNBC’s Kayla Tausche joins Shep Smith to report the details of what’s covered by the bipartisan infrastructure bill, and who will oversee the spending, in the video published on Nov 15, 2021, “Here’s what’s in President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill“, below:
Watch live coverage as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a briefing after the House of Representatives passes legislation for the Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda, in the video published on Nov 19, 2021, “LIVE: Speaker Pelosi Holds Briefing After House Passes Build Back Better Act|NBC News“, below:
NBC News Correspondents Garrett Haake and Kristen Welker, as well as Robert Gibbs and Douglas Holtz Eakin, join Andrea Mitchell to discuss the Build Back Better bill, now passed through the House after the CBO scored its spending and tax provisions, and its future in the Senate, where Garrett reports moderates like Democratic Senators Manchin and Sinema “may take a knife or an ax” to provisions like paid leave, in the video published on Nov 19, 2021, “Build Back Better Bill Passes The House, Senate Moderates May Take An ‘Ax’ To It“, below:
The Infrastructure Bill is a doozy. We break it down for everyone here, in the video published on Nov 16, 2021, “The New Infrastructure Bill Explained In 5 Minutes“, below:
Highlights from the $1.2T infrastructure bill:
- Bridges & roads — $110B
- Public transit — $39B
- Amtrak rail — $66B
- EV stations & buses — $12.5B
- Broadband — $65B
- Power grid — $65B
- Airports — $25B
- Waterways — $55B
- Lead pipes — $15B
- Water decontamination — $10B
Who Is Paying For It?
- $210B of left over Covid-19 relief funds
- $53B in unspent unemployment insurance
- Crypto tax (more details in the video above)
- The national deficit will grow $256B over the next decade to make up the difference
Blink Charging CEO Michael Farkas joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss the funding for EV charging technology included in the bipartisan infrastructure plan that President Biden plans to sign on Nov 15, 2021, in the video published on Nov 15, 2021, “Here’s how the infrastructure bill impacts EV charging services“, below:
Infrastructure Bill (EV Charging):
- $1T bill allocates $7.5 B to charging
- U.S. has ~ 101K public chargers
- U.S. goal: 500K chargers by 2030
- Avg. 11K+ new ports needed per quarter
As President Biden prepares to sign the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill into law, the legislation is set to provide much needed funding for states to improve roads and bridges among other repairs. NBC News’ Cal Perry reports from Covington, Kentucky, where the Brent Spence bridge that connects the state with neighboring Ohio is overdue for vital repairs, in the video published on Nov 15, 2021, “How Kentucky Hopes To Benefit From Biden’s infrastructure bill“, below:
Raymond James Washington Policy Analyst Ed Mills breaks down how the proposed government spending from the Build Back Better plan could affect taxes and inflationary prices for consumers. Don’t Miss: Valley of Hype: The Culture That Built Elizabeth Holmes, in the video published on Nov 19, 2021, “Build Back Better bill could bring ‘a tax cut to almost every American,’ analyst explains“, below:
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, A $555 Billion Package To Benefit Every One, Is Introduced
- President Biden’s $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Passed The House
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