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In 1954, Eisenhower appointed General Lucius D. Clay to head a committee charged with proposing an interstate highway system plan. [19] Summing up motivations for the construction of such a system, Clay stated, It was evident we needed better highways. We needed them for safety, to accommodate more automobiles.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, American Rescue Plan, and Inflation Reduction Act dedicated more than $1.2 trillion in federal aid not only to rebuild roads, bridges, and rails, but to expand ...
American Jobs Plan (AJP), a proposal to address long-neglected infrastructure needs and reduce America's contributions to destructive effects of climate change; [2] American Families Plan (AFP), a proposal to fund a variety of social policy initiatives, some of which (e.g., paid parental leave) had never before been enacted nationally in the U ...
While President Joe Biden trumpets this week's signing of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, chances are the average American will be much more directly impacted by his...
The study found fewer infrastructure investments since 2015 and consistently high prices in the Rust Belt and California since 2018, and projected a 20 to 128 percent increase in transmission would be needed within regions, while interregional transmission would need to increase by 25 to 412 percent.
The Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan for human infrastructure will greatly improve Black Americans’ quality of life and redress The post Why Black Americans should care about ...
The problem of aging infrastructure cannot be addressed by the individual states because the costs are too high, meaning the federal government has to be involved. [21] The federal tax on fuels, a major source of revenue for infrastructure spending, remains the same as it was in 1993, [22] at $0.183 (~$0.00 in 2023) per gallon ($0.048 per liter ...
Having seen Congressional Republicans dash his hopes of passing his American Jobs bill as a whole, Obama is now seeking to get his plan through in what he calls "bite-sized pieces."