Review HR 3684 Infrastructure Bill Part 1
This first part is an introdution to the "H.R.3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" and may be the only part I do. In this I also have a section on Rep Tom Reed who voted to pass the bill.
Who voted for the infrastructure bill?
Some of the people:
from
Same list:
BIF PASSES HOUSE 228-206
DEM NOS:
Bush
Bowman
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
PRESSLEY
Tlaib
GOP YES:
Bacon
Gonzalez
Garbarino
Fitzpatrick
Katko
Kinzinger
Malliotakis
McKinley
REED
Chris smith
Upton
Van Drew
Young
To confirm from the NY Post https://nypost.com/2021/11/05/republicans-help-house-pass-1-2t-infrastructure-bill-after-dem-clusterf/
“Four New York GOPers voted in favor of the infrastructure plan: Rep. John Katko, Rep. Tom Reed, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and Rep. Andrew Garbarino.”
“The other Republicans to back the bill were: Don Bacon of Nebraska, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, David McKinley of West Virginia, Don Young of Alaska, Fred Upton of Michigan, Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey and Chris Smith of New Jersey.”
(cf https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-infrastructure-bill-votes-republican-for-democratic-against )
New York City Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman were among the six Democrats to buck party leadership. They were joined by AOC’s fellow “Squad” members Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Cori Bush of Missouri.”
According to a reference in https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-dems-scrambling-find-votes-biden-agenda-house-moderates-begin-balk the bill does include:
—$40b bridges
—$11b safety
—$39b transit
—$66b Amtrak/rail
—$7.5b e-vehicle chargers
—$5b clean buses
—$17b ports
—$25b airports
—$50b water resilience
—$55b drinking water
—$65b broadband
—$21b enviro remediation
—$73b power/clean energy
And from https://nypost.com/2021/11/05/republicans-help-house-pass-1-2t-infrastructure-bill-after-dem-clusterf/
“includes $550 billion in new spending, with $110 billion set to be allocated toward roads, bridges and other projects; $65 billion toward broadband, $66 billion to be spent on passenger and freight rail, $55 billion for water infrastructure, $39.2 billion for public transit, $47.2 billion for resiliency purposes, $7.5 billion for electric vehicle infrastructure and $21 billion to address pollution.”
Hey, on the surface, infrastructure IS important, and we should all want NATIONAL infrastructure to be maintained. I am considering on studying the 2740 page bill if people reading my substack are interested in it’s specific contents. I believe the Bill is HR 3684 and located here https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684/text and called “H.R.3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act”
From https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/05/republicans-bail-out-biden-and-pelosi-to-pass-1-2-trillion-so-called-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill/
“The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that the bill would add $256 billion to the deficit, and the Penn-Wharton Budget Model said the bill would add no “significant” level of economic growth.”
Now, Tom Reed was one of the Republicans voting for the bill.
Who is Tom Reed?
He is from the 23rd congressional district, including “The district comprises eleven counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, and Yates county, along with parts of Ontario and Tioga counties. The largest cities in the predominantly rural district are Jamestown, Elmira, and Ithaca.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_23rd_congressional_district From the same wikipedia article “On March 21, 2021, in light of recent sexual harassment allegations, Reed announced that he would not be seeking reelection in 2022”
What did Tom Reed do? “was working as a lobbyist at the time of the alleged incident in 2017, accused Reed of rubbing her back and unhooking her bra without consent during a networking trip that year” https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-tom-reed-apologizes-sexual-misconduct-claims-running/story?id=76596524&cid=social_twitter_abcn
Here is Tom Reed’s actual apology
According to wikipedia Tom Reed is married and has 2 children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Reed_(politician)
If you are interesting in a series studying what is in the Bill then please let me know know.