'There's nothing partisan about clean water, about expanding broadband, about ensuring the health care needs for our people,' said Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, discussing the infrastructure package President Biden signed into law in 2021.
Wednesday’s event in Kentucky, which will include Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is meant to underscore the importance of the massive public works package Biden signed into law in 2021. The area, across the Ohio state line from Cincinnati, is home to the Brent Spence Bridge – long an illustration of the nation’s crumbling infrastructure that is due to receive funding from the law for repairs.
In other areas, including spending bills and the looming debt ceiling deadline, aides in both parties are bracing for high-stakes standoffs.
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