Newsweek
BY ELIZABETH CRISP
March 10, 2021
After Congress passes a $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, President Joe Biden is expected to start building support around an infrastructure package that will create jobs and modernize the nation's crumbling transportation system.
The White House has downplayed the plans, which would build on former President Barack Obama's efforts to stimulate the economy through big-scale infrastructure projects, and instead redirected to the immediate needs of the stimulus, which was hashed out in negotiations between the Democrat-controlled U.S. House, Senate and White House this week. The House is expected to grant final approval on Wednesday, before lawmakers begin work on infrastructure projects, but it could be the next high-dollar plan from the new Biden administration.
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