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LA CROSSE - President Joe Biden moved his Wisconsin visit from a family farm in the rolling bluffs of Iowa County to the concrete floor of a city bus garage in La Crosse to promote passage of a $973 billion infrastructure bill just days after a bipartisan deal nearly collapsed.
Biden was scheduled to visit Cates Family Farm in rural Spring Green with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to discuss issues facing farmers and boosting rural economies as Wisconsin s small family dairy farms face near extinction. But the president instead made a solo trip to La Crosse s Municipal Transit Utility to push for the passage of an eight-year plan to rebuild bridges and roads and expand public transit and broadband access.
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LA CROSSE - President Joe Biden moved his Wisconsin visit from a family farm in the rolling bluffs of Iowa County to the concrete floor of a city bus garage in La Crosse to promote passage of a $973 billion infrastructure bill just days after a bipartisan deal nearly collapsed.
Biden was scheduled to visit Cates Family Farm in rural Spring Green with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to discuss issues facing farmers and boosting rural economies as Wisconsin s small family dairy farms face near extinction. But the president instead made a solo trip to La Crosse s Municipal Transit Utility to push for the passage of an eight-year plan to rebuild bridges and roads and expand public transit and broadband access.
President Joe Biden looked to sell voters on the economic benefits of the proposed 973 billion infrastructure package while in Wisconsin on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden made a stop in La Crosse Tuesday to tour the cityâs hybrid and electric bus fleet while promoting his infrastructure plan, pitching to communities big and small that the new bill will work for them.
In a machine shop at the La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility complex, with a sign reading âAmerican Jobs Planâ plastered on one of La Crosseâs newest hybrid electric buses, Biden gave remarks to a group of community members, workers and officials after touring the facility.
Olivia Herken
La Crosse Tribune
President Joe Biden looked to sell voters on the economic benefits of the proposed 973 billion infrastructure package while in Wisconsin on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden made a stop in La Crosse Tuesday to tour the cityâs hybrid and electric bus fleet while promoting his infrastructure plan, pitching to communities big and small that the new bill will work for them.
In a machine shop at the La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility complex, with a sign reading âAmerican Jobs Planâ plastered on one of La Crosseâs newest hybrid electric buses, Biden gave remarks to a group of community members, workers and officials after touring the facility.