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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Maine Voices: Why Sen. Collins’ proposed tax on electric vehicles is a good idea
The prescient plan that she and Sen. Portman support will help fund infrastructure, will plug a loophole and will initially serve as a levy on wealth.
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Maine Voices: Our country’s foundation depends on strong infrastructure plan
Any package should include enhanced broadband access and renewable energy, address climate change and harness willing private-sector resources.
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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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Commentary: To prevent crisis, infrastructure bill must include America’s care economy
Unlike the fundamental framework of roads and bridges, Sen. Susan Collins says, home-based care is ‘not infrastructure.’ The evidence suggests otherwise.
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Commentary: The rickety politics of the federal infrastructure bill
If the bipartisan deal fails, it won’t be because the Senate is dysfunctional. It will be because the Democratic Party is.
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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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Infrastructure spending promises boost for industry
It’s the larger companies that will likely see greater benefits from years-long construction and overhaul projects on the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
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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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Paid in full? Biden, Republicans struggle over infrastructure costs
Both parties say the the deal should be paid for and not add to the national debt.