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PublishedAugust 3, 2021
Sen. Collins, colleagues behind bipartisan public works bill show off their work
Susan Collins says that the $65 billion for broadband means that some people in Maine would get access to the internet for the first time.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2021
Senate opens debate on $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill
The bill calls for $550 billion in new spending over 5 years – one of the most substantial expenditures on the nation’s roads, bridges, waterworks, broadband and the electric grid in years.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2021
Senate votes to start work on $1 trillion infrastructure bill
The 67-32 tally to begin formal consideration showed the high interest among senators in the package, but it’s unclear if enough Republicans will eventually join Democrats to support final passage.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
Bipartisan infrastructure bill fails first vote; Senate to try again
The next steps are uncertain, but the group of 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats insist they are close to a deal and expect to finish soon.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2021
Bipartisan infrastructure bill in peril as Republicans threaten filibuster
While the president proposes paying for his proposals with a tax hike on corporations and wealthy Americans who earn more than $400,000 a year, the bipartisan group has been trying to figure out a compromise way to pay for its package.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2021
Biden pitches huge budget, says Democrats will ‘get a lot done’
Top Democrats reached agreement on a mammoth $3.5 trillion infrastructure package focusing on climate change, education, a Medicare expansion and more.
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PublishedJune 30, 2021
Pete Buttigieg doles out transport grants, including to Maine, with eye toward climate
The Maine Department of Transportation is to receive $45 million to replace 14 aging highway bridge decks.
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PublishedJune 25, 2021
Key Republican senators balk at terms of Biden’s infrastructure deal
The president’s vow to essentially veto or refuse to sign the bipartisan accord without the companion package being negotiated by Democrats was an additional step that throws the process into doubt.
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PublishedJune 24, 2021
Biden praises $953 billion bipartisan infrastructure deal as a good start
Among the group that reached the agreement was Maine's Sen. Susan Collins, one of 10 lawmakers who met with the president.
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PublishedJune 23, 2021
Senators to brief Biden on infrastructure ‘framework’ after potential breakthrough in negotiations
'There's still details to be worked out,' Sen. Susan Collins says, but lawmakers and White House aides believe major progress was made Wednesday.
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