The US Congress finally approves Biden’s massive $1.2 trillion plan to invest in infrastructure
The US Congress finally approved on Friday evening a huge investment plan worth 1.2 trillion dollars put forward by President Joe Biden to modernize the country’s aging infrastructure, giving the White House a much-needed victory to give a strong boost to his reign.
The bill, which passed the House of Representatives Friday evening with a comfortable majority after ten Republicans joined the Democratic majority in its support, was approved by the Senate in August, which means that all it needs now is Biden’s signature for it to enter into force.
But this big victory for Biden, as big as it is, is still missing because the House of Representatives has not yet passed another huge plan put forward by the president to invest in the social and climate fields.
Passing the bill needed 218 votes to pass this massive plan to modernize roads and bridges and develop high-speed Internet, one of the most ambitious investment plans in modern American history.
In the end, the bill was approved by a majority of 228 deputies to 206, after ten deputies from the Republican opposition joined the democratic majority.
As soon as the plan was approved, applause erupted throughout the parliament hall.
On Friday morning, Biden appealed to the House of Representatives to approve both plans.
“I am asking every member of the House of Representatives to vote ‘yes’ on these two plans, now,” he said.
But the deputies were satisfied with giving the Democratic president half a victory, as they postponed the vote on his second investment plan, which is larger than the first, with a value of 1.75 trillion dollars, and aimed at reforming the social protection system and combating global warming.
Biden urgently needs to approve both plans to give his term boost in light of his waning popularity and the resounding defeat his party suffered in this week’s Virginia gubernatorial election.
