Infrastructure deal

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, who’s overseeing the funding distribution, said that universal access to broadband internet would be akin to the electrification of rural America during the 1930s.

President Joe Biden signed his hard-fought $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law Monday before a bipartisan, celebratory crowd on the White House lawn. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Illinois is expected to receive around $17 billion to boost its infrastructure and now local leaders are ready to check off their project wish lists. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

On Monday, President Joe Biden signed into law his $1 trillion infrastructure plan.

After months of political negotiations and gridlock, President Joe Biden spoke on Saturday morning to celebrate the passage of his $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill late Friday night.

President Joe Biden spoke at a union event in Michigan on Tuesday to rally support for his infrastructure and “Build Back Better” bills, saying, “The first is a bill to invest in our physical infrastructure, and the second is a bill to invest in our human infrastructure … these bills are not about left versus right.”

President Joe Biden is acknowledging frustrations as Democrats strain to rescue a scaled-back version of his $3.5 trillion government-overhaul plan and salvage a related public works bill

Despite a long night of frantic negotiations, Democrats remain unable to reach an immediate deal to salvage President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion government overhaul, forcing leaders to call off promised votes on a related public works bill

Congressional Democrats have set out to pass ambitious bills with historic expansions of the social safety net and long-sought new programs. But that’s not how many politically vulnerable Democrats are selling them at home.