BREAKING: President Biden signs $555B infrastructure bill, which will direct billions of dollars toward new construction on roads, bridges, airports and seaports.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday signed one of his biggest legislative victories into law, the final approval of the hard-fought $555 billion infrastructureThe act will direct billions of dollars towards new construction of roads, bridges, airports and seaports. It will also expand the availability of broadband internet, replace lead pipes, and build electric vehicle charging stations.
President Joe Biden signs the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" during an event on the South Lawn of the White House on Nov. 15, 2021.While the carefully choreographed ceremony on the White House lawn was designed to tout the bipartisan nature of the bill and had been put off for a week so members of Congress could attend, several notable Republicans who voted for the legislation were absent, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Congressional Republicans who voted for the bill have been blasted by members of their own party with some saying they have received death threats.
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