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What’s happening with infrastructure spending?

CQ Budget, Ep. 232

A worker uses an asphalt roller to pave Maryland Avenue Northeast in Capitol Hill on Oct. 4, 2021.
A worker uses an asphalt roller to pave Maryland Avenue Northeast in Capitol Hill on Oct. 4, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Big spending increases for roads and other transportation projects approved in the bipartisan infrastructure law remain on hold until Congress passes an appropriations bill. In this episode of CQ Budget, budget tracker David Lerman speaks to experts Peter Cohn and Jessica Wehrman to understand what the hold up is and the political implications.

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