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© Getty The Biden administration is taking several actions to boost the power grid, it announced Tuesday, including up to $8.25 billion in new Energy Department loans. Through the departments Western Area Power Administration Transmission Infrastructure Program, $3.25 billion will be available for supporting electricity transmission projects that will bolster renewable energy in the West. And the department will loan up to an additional $5 billion toward “innovative” projects and ones th...

Bipartisan Solutions to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure The Problem Solvers Caucus released a new report of bipartisan policy recommendations to build a strong, successful 21st Century infrastructure network for America. Apr 26th, 2021 Adobe Stock/rendertorial The Problem Solvers Caucus Infrastructure Working Group was created to analyze policies and find points of bipartisan consensus to address the enormous need for new infrastructure and the current backlog of deferred maintenance faci...

Mon April 26, 2021 - National Edition AEM Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) senior vice president of government and industry relations Kip Eideberg issued the following statement applauding the Problem Solvers Caucus on its new report of bipartisan policy recommendations to build a strong, successful 21st century infrastructure network for America: "Americans are ready for a transformational investment in our nations infrastructure so we can grow our economy, improve our quality of ...

Congressman Fred Upton is feeling enthusiastic about an infrastructure plan following a meeting last week with White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain last week.

GOP Senator Floats $900 Billion Trimmed Infrastructure Spending Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Tony Czuczka and Yueqi Yang © Bloomberg Contractors work on a portion of Van Ness Boulevard under construction in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, March 22, 2021. The centerpiece of President Bidens next big priority after pandemic relief, a massive transportation infrastructure package, could move through a key Senate committee by the end of May according to the chair of the Envi...

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. The GOP freshman congressman who purchased a flak jacket following his "aye" vote for President Donald Trumps impeachment walked into what was once Grand Rapids largest funeral home on a crystalline, blue-sky West Michigan day earlier this month — unnoticed and unaccosted. Depending on your viewpoint, all thi...

Please verify your request* Advertisement A bipartisan group of centrist House lawmakers on Friday proposed raising the gas tax as one possible way to pay for a large-scale infrastructure spending package. In a new report, the 58-member House Problem Solvers Caucus proposes indexing fuel taxes to inflation, highway construction costs, fuel economy standards or some combination of the three. The report also lays out a number of other revenue-raising options, including a tax on vehicle ...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan hosted a group of leaders and lawmakers at a two-day bipartisan summit to address infrastructure needs, costs and funding options.Hogan wants a seat at the table when Congress and the White House start work on a federal infrastructure bill.There is no detailed plan, but the governors, U.S. senators and members of Congress came up with a set of principles on which everyone could agree to help shape national legislation to fix roads, bridges and water systems and to...

Lawmakers brace for bitter fight over Biden tax plan Niv Elis © Getty Images Lawmakers brace for bitter fight over Biden tax plan Lawmakers are bracing for a bitter fight over tax increases President Biden is expected to propose in the coming days, which he says are necessary to pay for trillions in infrastructure and family support bills. Bidens proposals, which largely hew to his campaign promises, would raise the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent, implement ...

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), wearing his hat as co-chair of the national nonpartisan political organization No Labels, convened a meeting of more than two dozen governors, U.S. senators and House members in Annapolis on Thursday and Friday for a bipartisan conversation about infrastructure. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) convened a group of more than 25 governors, U.S. senators, and leaders of the U.S. House Problem Solvers Caucus who convened in Annapolis to discuss ideas, initiatives, and...