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July 2, 2020

House OKs $1.5T plan to fix crumbling infrastructure

  • The White House promised a veto if the measure reaches the president’s desk.
  • By MATTHEW DALY
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House approved a $1.5 trillion plan Wednesday to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into projects to fix roads and bridges, upgrade transit systems, expand interstate railways and dredge harbors, ports and channels.

    The bill also authorizes more than $100 billion to expand internet access for rural and low-income communities and $25 billion to modernize the U.S. Postal Service’s infrastructure and operations, including a fleet of electric vehicles.


     
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