Michigan Senators Support Federal Water Infrastructure Bill, Soo Locks Funding
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Ga...
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U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Ga...
The defense spending bill also would repeal a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. troops that Republican have long criticized.
A defense policy bill released this week includes new spending authorization for the ongoing project to build a new Soo Lock at $3.2 billion, which is triple what it had been expected to cost but should allow construction to stay on track.
Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker has included short-term funding to support Jackson as part of a bill to keep the federal government open through Dec. 16.
Both Senators Wicker, Hyde-Smith support the move. On Tuesday, Mississippi U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) voted to advance a Continuing Resolution making its way through Congress that funds the government on a short-term basis. Included in that resolution is $20 million fo