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Infrastructure

Published
June 3, 2021

Biden offers tax deal to Republicans in infrastructure talks

The president is proposing a 15% minimum tax on corporations as he tries to get Republican support for the program.
Published
May 30, 2021

White House gives GOP one week to reach deal on infrastructure

Republican senators last week outlined a $928 billion proposal as a counteroffer to President Biden’s $1.7 trillion plan.
Published
May 25, 2021

Bipartisan group of senators prepares new infrastructure plan as talks stall

The plan is being drafted by a more than a half-dozen lawmakers including Sens. Mitt Romney and Susan Collins.
Published
May 21, 2021

Infrastructure deal in doubt after Republicans pan Biden’s latest offer

They quickly rejected the president's new $1.7 trillion proposal as 'well above the range' of what could win bipartisan support.
Published
May 13, 2021

Biden, Republican senators upbeat after infrastructure talks

One strategy that appears to be coming into focus would be for the president to negotiate a more limited, traditional bill dealing with roads, highways, bridges and broadband as a bipartisan effort.

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Published
May 10, 2021

Maine proposes huge boost in broadband standards for grants

As the state prepares to dole out millions for rural broadband expansion, it seeks to future-proof taxpayer-subsidized networks.
Published
May 6, 2021

In GOP stronghold, Biden pushes for his infrastructure plan

He’s proposing to pay for it by undoing the 2017 Trump tax cuts and raising the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent.
Published
April 19, 2021

Rift between Republicans, corporate America creates opening for Biden’s tax plan

White House officials have argued to corporate executives that the tax hikes are necessary to fund large investments in public infrastructure that the business sector has long sought.
Published
April 19, 2021

After meeting with Biden, King praises broadband investment plan

Maine's junior U.S. senator, an independent, was among a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers who met with President Biden on Monday about a proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure package.
Published
April 7, 2021

Biden open to compromise, but not inaction, on infrastructure plan

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a key Democratic vote, came out Wednesday against the budget reconciliation process, which would allow Democrats to push the bill through the Senate with just a 51-vote majority.