The U.S. Senate has approved key infrastructure investments after months of negotiations. The $ 550 billion package (approximately 0 470 billion) aims to improve roads, railways, bridges and Internet connectivity. Together with the previously approved investments, the total is about $ 1000 billion.
This is the first bill passed jointly by Democrats and Republicans since President Biden took office. For some reason, this is seen as a clear victory for the president. Sixty-nine senators, including 19 Republicans, voted in favor of the plan. There are 50 seats for both parties in the Senate.
“Today we have proven that democracy can still work,” Biden replied. “We can do great things, important things together, for the American people.”
Postponed maintenance
The approach to American infrastructure is badly needed because there is a lot of delayed maintenance. Twenty percent of the roads and about 45,000 bridges are in poor condition. Some bridges were closed because they were completely closed.
Like Memphis’ famous arch bridge. Since the bridge is closed, tens of thousands of vehicles have to divert every day. To trucker Clifton Hooke, it not only costs extra time, but also money, he said earlier in the video:
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