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Infrastructure Bills:
Dispelling all the confusion at a peak time

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Constructing the Red River Diversion, a $3 billion public private
partnership in Fargo, North Dakota

Today, President Biden reached agreement with a bipartisan group of
senators on an infrastructure package. But that's only a small piece of
what Biden proposed in the American Jobs and Families Plans, and it's
not the only bill under consideration. We've reached a peak confusion
stage in Washington: It is genuinely difficult to keep straight all the
gangs, working groups, and bipartisan agreements on bills that fall
under the rubric of infrastructure.

This week's In Focus newsletter gathers together all our key stories
and explainers we've written recently outlining this fast-moving
issue, plus one more from our Green New Deal
issue that explores the
historical role of public capital:

Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan Could Come Down to One Number
:
Team Biden is thankfully resisting privatization. But as Executive
Editor David Dayen explains, the deal will hinge on how much both sides
agree they can wring out of increased tax enforcement.

Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Plan Is a Stalking Horse for
Privatization
:
Executive Editor David Dayen explains that this scheme would fund new
infrastructure by selling off old infrastructure-something Trump had
already proposed.

Everything You Need to Know About the Infrastructure Bills Traveling
Through Congress
:
Executive Editor David Dayen breaks down all eight of the bills
currently in Congress, none of which have the votes needed to pass into
law.

Public Housing Is Going Private-and Residents Are Fighting Back
:
Contributor Amir Khafagy explains how this small federal program has
become a big federal program with no oversight of how it's actually
working.

When the Institution Doesn't Trust Itself
:
Why are Democrats struggling for a path forward on a popular
infrastructure package? Executive Editor David Dayen argues that it's
because nobody in the party believes one another.

The Role of Public Capital
:
Contributor Kevin Baker revisits the time FDR called a special session
of Congress to deal with the banking crisis, exploring why the New Deal
as a whole is such a model of success.

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