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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (480674)	10/4/2021 12:58:51 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542451

"The socialists are holding up the 3.5 trillion ?" No; the infrastructure bill. Senate Passes $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill - NPR npr.org Aug 10, 2021 — The Senate voted 69-30 Tuesday to approve a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, a historic piece of legislation that could reshape == Apparently bridges that needed urgent repairs 10 years ago didn't really need work.... Presidents have been promising to fix this bridge for years. Now it's Biden's turn. The Brent Spence Bridge's much-needed makeover has bedeviled politicians from John Boehner and Mitch McConnell to Barack Obama and Donald Trump. ....in 1998, the federal government deemed it “functionally obsolete.” In the 23 years since, the Brent Spence has become something of a political football. It can be a convenient prop, like it was in 2011 for then-President Barack Obama. With the bridge behind him, Obama called on the Republican leaders in the House and Senate, Ohio’s John Boehner and Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell, to pass a plan that might have helped fund a new bridge. nbcnews.com