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Infrastructure Plans
Infrastructure Plans

(Building & Compromising)
(Building & Compromising)

President Biden and Democrats initially proposed a sweeping $2.6 trillion bill to maintain
and re-imagine the country’s infrastructure. Every framework for American life, including $400
President Biden and Democrats initially proposed a sweeping $2.6 trillion bill to maintain and re-imagine
billion for home- and community-based care for elderly, was included in the original proposal.
the country’s infrastructure. Every framework for American life, including $400 billion for home- and com-
munity-based care for elderly, was included in the original proposal.
Through compromise, a bipartisan group presented the Senate a Build Back Better agenda
that narrowed the focus to a more traditional definition of infrastructure to address utilities
Through compromise, a bipartisan group presented the Senate a Build Back Better agenda that narrowed
(though clean energy tax credits were cut) and transportation infrastructure. The result is $550
the focus to a more traditional definition of infrastructure to address utilities (though clean energy tax cred-
billion that promises to create jobs and make the nation competitive for the future.
its were cut) and transportation infrastructure. The result is $550 billion that promises to create jobs and
make the nation competitive for the future.

$16B Pollution $16B
cleaning abandoned wells, mines and Superfund sites

$387B Building $0
housing, schools and buildings

In-home Care
At FedEx, our people $400B home- and community-based care $0

$547B Transportation $284B
are our strength. electric vehicles, ports and waterways and reconnecting communities
roads and bridges, road safety, public transit, airports, railways,

$566B Innovation $0
research and development, manufacturing
Together, we’re helping $706B Utilities $243B

resiliency, water storage, power infrastructure, broadband,
clean energy tax credits, water infrastructure
the world move forward.

$2,600 Trillion $550 Billion

Source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget;
White House
Source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; White House ATR

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