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Chris Coons defends Congress’s bipartisan infrastructure bill

John Fea   |  June 22, 2021

Here is a taste of the Delaware senator’s op-ed at The Washington Post: The group led by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has produced a package with $579 billion in new spending anchored by a down payment […]

“The ‘only 5 percent’ counts as ‘real infrastructure’ talking point is utterly bogus”

John Fea   |  April 6, 2021

I wrote last week: “The opponents of Joe Biden’s new bill think “infrastructure” is just roads and bridges.” Paul Waldman nails it: First, let’s be clear that the “only 5 percent” counts as “real infrastructure” talking point is utterly bogus. It defines infrastructure […]

What is infrastructure?

John Fea   |  April 2, 2021

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The opponents of Joe Biden’s new bill think “infrastructure” is just roads and bridges. Yes, infrastructure was focused largely on roads and bridges in the early 19th-century, but it also included new innovations like railroads and the telegraph. Today those […]