What’s in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan?

Package includes funding for roads, bridges, transit, airports and broadband

A core bipartisan group of 10 senators reached a deal with the White House on Thursday to spend $973 billion over five years, and $1.2 trillion if continued over eight years, on a package that would fund improvements to roads, bridges, transit, airports and enhanced infrastructure for broadband, water and electric vehicles. It leaves out many of President Biden’s top priorities for “human infrastructure” such as child care, elder care, and education provisions.

The bipartisan plan’s authors describe it as a framework, and note that some of the details remain to be ironed out, though they agreed on the major pieces and how to pay for them. Here’s what’s in the agreement, and what comes next.

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The Wall Street Journal

By Gabriel T. Rubin

June 24, 2021



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