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Aug 5, 2021
Biden wants half of all vehicles sold in 2030 to be electric
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Major carmakers have already announced similar goals, even though EVs now make up just 2% to 3% of all auto sales in the U.S.
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Jun 28, 2021
Infrastructure plan highlights shortage of skilled workers
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The job-creating infrastructure package is being debated at a time when millions of skilled blue-collar workers are nearing retirement.
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Apr 21, 2021
Shortage of semiconductors is a security risk, and what the U.S. can do about it
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Semiconductors are in almost everything, including military equipment, and we don’t have enough of them.
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Mar 31, 2021
What counts as “infrastructure”? Home health care, Biden administration says
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Along with money for bridges and highways, the proposal calls for higher wages for home health aides.
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Mar 31, 2021
Infrastructure plan would invest in U.S. ports
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The modernization plan could expand port capacity and create jobs along the supply chain.
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Mar 29, 2021
Biden wants to nearly double U.S. spending on science
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The president says he’d like to increase spending to about 2% of the country’s GDP — closer to what it was in the 1960s.
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Feb 13, 2018
On infrastructure, Donald Trump has a math problem
Today, the White House outlined a $1.5 trillion plan to deal with our nation’s infrastructure problems — everything from waterways to highways to commercial space infrastructure. But the federal government plans to provide just $200 billion of that $1.5 trillion. Where would the rest come from? Mostly from state and local governments, who already feel burdened […]
Feb 12, 2018
Trump’s plan to rebuild U.S. roads relies on local dollars
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The massive infrastructure plan’s path through a polarized Congress isn’t clear.
Feb 12, 2018
President Trump to outline infrastructure plan
Budget deal … done. Tax plan … done. Now to infrastructure reform. President Donald Trump is set to release his plan for how to update the nation’s roads, bridges and water systems today. If this all sounds familiar, it’s because the White House has been promising the plan was coming “soon” since Trump came to office. […]
Jan 30, 2018
Where’s the money behind President Trump’s infrastructure plan?
President Donald Trump is expected to talk about his infrastructure plan in tonight’s State of the Union speech. The president has lots of big ideas. But it’s not clear how they would be paid for. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.