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.
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.
