WASHINGTON – Even before President Joe Biden unveiled his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, congressional committees were laying the groundwork for a major public works investment with the goal of passage over the summer.
They've held hearings to listen to experts in the field and top-ranking administration officials. They've introduced scores of bills.
They've asked lawmakers from both parties to submit their ideas for specific projects soon as Thursday. And now the hard part begins, cobbling together an ambitious final product that can pass such an closely divided House and Senate.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cited July 4 as the date she would like to have an infrastructure bill approved, but that deadline could slip to later in the