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Housing and Transportation
Read about affordable housing; access to transportation; roadways; bridges and tunnels; crumbling infrastructure; railroads; Amtrak; trucking; interstate highway system; science and technology; land use;
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Infrastructure Summer: The Democrats’ David Boren Wing
There’s always someone in the House or Senate willing to tank a new Democratic president’s agenda.
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Biden’s Build Back Better Plan Is First and Foremost a Jobs Plan
All that public investment rebuilds infrastructure, greens the economy, and supports caregiving—but mainly it creates at least four million good jobs.
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Infrastructure Summer: A Surprisingly Radical Housing Bill
Practically all the solutions to diminishing the high cost of housing, from nudges to public options, are present in the housing piece of the reconciliation bill.
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Infrastructure Summer: The Sophie’s Choice of the Reconciliation Bill
Democrats may have to decide whether to do a few things well or a bunch of things not so well.
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Infrastructure Summer: The Curse of Artificial Scarcity
As reconciliation elements get marked up, we see the consequences of tying spending and revenue together.
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Infrastructure Summer: The Fight Against the Next Pandemic Starts Now
Tech billionaires are pushing for funding to prep for future pandemics. Why not the left?
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Infrastructure Summer: Joe Manchin’s Symphony of Disingenuousness
He mumbles about inflation to try and stop a bill that’s primarily concerned with reducing inflation.
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Building Back Bicycle-Friendly
Cycling gained popularity during the pandemic, but efforts to revamp city streets to accommodate both cars and bikes met with mixed success.
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Infrastructure Summer: Heidi Heitkamp’s Lobbying Journey
Before she got hired to run a dark-money outfit, she advocated for tax hikes on dynastic wealth. Now, she’s against them.
