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Biden backs $100 billion to close digital divide
</p> The $100 billion for broadband is part of a $2 trillion infrastructure package that Biden will outline in a speech in Pittsburgh at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday.
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</p> The $100 billion for broadband is part of a $2 trillion infrastructure package that Biden will outline in a speech in Pittsburgh at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday.
</p> The administration will also mark $49.5 million from the latest coronavirus relief bill from the Department of Health and Human Services for culturally specific programs for domestic violence and
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> The hearing was welcomed by advocates who have long argued that Democrats and Republicans, united in their desire to take on Big Tech but divided by opposing politics, should
</p> Kayvan Sadeghi, an attorney at Schiff Hardin LLP in New York, said much the same.
</p> [GOP delegation slams Biden for ‘crisis’ during border visit]</p> Republicans also blamed Mexican drug cartels, which charge thousands of dollars to transport migrants to the border.
, would likely be included in any spending bill.
</p> Of the three executives, only Dorsey agreed with Rep.
</p> In a news release, Blumenthal said that his bill would provide a dedicated funding stream to Amtrak akin to what every other mode of transportation infrastructure has.
ago in passing a $1.9 trillion relief bill.
</p> For Foxx, equity issues are deeply personal.
Bill Cassidy, R-La., said in an interview. “Boston has done well.”
</p> The bill passed 228-197, with nine Republicans joining Democrats in voting for the legislation.
</p> “The inclusion of such a divisive policy in the next surface transportation reauthorization would instantly eliminate our support for the bill and likely destroy any hope for its passage,” wrote
</p> The latter bill also explicitly designated parts of the $350 billion in the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for water and sewer systems, a development that made groups advocating
Neal, D-Mass., said in a joint statement with Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee chair.
</p> Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen.
</p> The Federal Communications Commission would be responsible for awarding three-fourths of the $80 billion through a national bidding process, according to the bill summary, to “ensure the efficient
</p> [In contentious climate bill, some points of possible agreement]</p> They are preaching against complacency and predicting that emissions will jump as inoculations increase.
As lawmakers begin work on a massive infrastructure bill that they hope to pass by this summer, a key question lingers: What’s to become of the gas tax?