by Dana Bourland Two of the biggest problems we face today — a shortage of decent, affordable housing and climate change — are connected. Fortunately, the solutions […]
Tag: biden infrastructure
Add federal permits to list of U.S. crises
by Stuart Levenbach The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan talks about a climate crisis and an affordable housing crisis in its attempt to address the country’s infrastructure […]
Don’t let the rich avoid taxes. Strengthen the IRS
by Chuck Collins and Omar Ocampo The Internal Revenue Service is the branch of government Americans most love to hate. Yet strengthening the much-maligned IRS may hold […]
Capito gives update on infrastructure plan talks with the White House
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito offered an update to West Virginia press members on Senate GOP infrastructure plan negotiations Thursday afternoon. She also offered some comments […]
Internet security just as important as access
Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito both stand opposed to President Biden’s broad infrastructure proposal. Both would prefer to see a slimmed-down version focused on traditional […]
U.S. bridges need more investment
by Peter R. Orszag In the debate over President Joe Biden’s infrastructure and climate bill, it was perhaps inevitable that some policymakers would object to including anything […]
Joe Biden vs. Sen. Tim Scott: Brevity is the soul of wit
The contrast between President Biden’s first address to Congress last Wednesday night and the Republican response delivered by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) reminded me of another occasion […]
Capito explains GOP infrastructure plan on the table; $568B compared to Biden’s $2.3T American Jobs Plan
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined with four other leading GOP senators Thursday to unveil their trimmed-down counter proposal to President Biden’s $2.3 trillion American […]
Unfortunately, trains will be a hard sell
by John M. Crisp Full disclosure: I like trains. In fact, I wouldn’t have minded if America had not taken such a sharp turn in the mid-20th […]
Manchin tells WV press he favors infrastructure bill targeting actual infrastructure, not $2.3T Biden plan
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Joe Manchin doesn’t favor passing the entire $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan proposed by President Biden, he told members of the West Virginia press […]
