Article 5MZ7F What’s in the bipartisan infrastructure bill and what’s left out – visual explainer

What’s in the bipartisan infrastructure bill and what’s left out – visual explainer

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Andrew Witherspoon and Alvin Chang
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Bill maintains a large portion of Biden's proposals for roads, public transit and high-speed internet - but cuts some of the more contentious spending items

A bipartisan group of US senators have proposed billions of dollars of new spending on roads, public transit, affordable high-speed internet and clean drinking water, among other things.

This latest bill, called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is significant because it's an iteration of President Biden's infrastructure plan - but pared down so that it can garner enough Republican support to get through the Senate and be signed into law.

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