President Biden took his tentative bipartisan infrastructure sales pitch Tuesday on the road to Wisconsin, where he touted it as the biggest jobs bill since …
President Biden took his tentative bipartisan infrastructure sales pitch Tuesday on the road to Wisconsin, where he touted it as the biggest jobs bill since the New Deal in the 1930s. But the shaky agreement is still under fire from Republican senators such as Tim Scott of South Carolina, who said there’s “no doubt” the president double-crossed the GOP by initially threatening to veto it unless Congress also approves Democrats’ social programs. Mr. Biden sidestepped the partisan politics surrounding his dual-track infrastructure push while touring a transit center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Instead, the president touted the plan as a “generational investment” that would repair crumbling roads and bridges, replace lead pipes, expand high-speed internet access and bolster the nation’s energy infrastructure. “America has always been propelled into the future by landmark national investments,” Mr. Biden said. “This is the answer for good-paying jobs — jobs not just in our biggest cities along our coasts, but in small towns across the country so families can build wealth and opportunity in their rural hometowns.
