What a great word. Infrastructure. People of all stripes and models use it earnestly despite its awkwardness. It means so much and is so difficult to romanticize. I’ll stop. Remember when infrastructure was going to be first on the new president’s agenda? It was going to be the issue that Democrats and Republicans could rally… Continue reading Whither Infrastructure?
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President’s Weekly Address – Investing in Technology and Infrastructure to Create Jobs
President Obama said he took action this week to launch new manufacturing hubs and expand a competition to fund transformative infrastructure projects. Both are policies aimed at expanding economic opportunity for all by creating jobs and ensuring the long-term strength of the American economy. Congress can boost this effort by passing a bipartisan proposal to… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – Investing in Technology and Infrastructure to Create Jobs
Republicans Blocked Yet Another Part of Obama’s Job Bill
This story is becoming old. For the third time, congressional Republicans blocked another part of President Obama’s Jobs Bill. WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the Senate Thursday dealt President Barack Obama the third in a string of defeats on his stimulus-style jobs agenda, blocking a $60 billion measure for building and repairing infrastructure like roads… Continue reading Republicans Blocked Yet Another Part of Obama’s Job Bill