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In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., listens to witnesses during a hearing on 2020 census on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Biden to meet with Manchin, Sinema as $3.5T spending bill hangs in balance

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters as work continues on the Democrats' Build Back Better Act, massive legislation that is a cornerstone of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

'We all must come together now': Senate Dems struggle for unity to finish $3.5 trillion bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., presides over a markup hearing to craft the Democrats' Build Back Better Act, massive legislation that is a cornerstone of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House Dems propose one of the largest tax increases ever to pay for Biden's $3.5T spending bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key negotiator in the infrastructure talks, is surrounded by reporters as walks through the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democratic disunity threatens to tank Biden's domestic agenda

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
In this Sept. 12, 2017 file photo, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announces new voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving cars during a visit to an autonomous vehicle testing facility at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Trump administration announced its most recent round of guidelines for autonomous vehicle makers, continuing to rely on the industry to police itself despite calls for specific regulations. Chao announced the proposed guidelines in a speech Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, saying in prepared remarks that “AV 4.0” will ensure U.S. leadership in developing new technologies.(Hunter Dyke/The Ann Arbor News via AP, File) **FILE**

Trump Cabinet member Chao on tenure at Transportation: 'We tried our best'

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times
Then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., center, and Rep. Bruce Westerman, R- Ark., left, walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

House GOP urges Dems to delay $3.5T spending package amid domestic, foreign woes

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves the chamber after urging advancement of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named for the late Georgia congressman who made the issue a defining one of his career, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House advances Biden's $3.5 trillion liberal wish list; Pelosi beats moderate Dems in power play

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Democratic leaders discuss their legislative agenda, including voting rights, public health, and infrastructure, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Pelosi forced to retreat on $3.5T spending bill after pushback from moderate Dems, delays vote

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
In this Dec. 21, 2020, file photo, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Nine moderate House Democrats are trying to upend leaders' plans for enacting President Joe Biden's multitrillion-dollar domestic agenda. Top Democrats want the House to quickly approve a budget resolution setting up future passage of legislation directing $3.5 trillion at safety net and environment programs. But the moderates are threatening to oppose the budget unless the House first approves a $1 trillion infrastructure package. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

White House privately begs Dems to back spending: 'Can not afford to lose' amid Afghanistan fiasco

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Clockwise from left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will confer Wednesday, June 23, with White House officials on next steps for President Joe Biden's nearly $4 trillion infrastructure plans as talks with Republicans see-saw in search of a potential deal.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden's 'transformative vision,' Democrats' plans unfazed by meltdown in Afghanistan

By Seth McLaughlin and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Conservative group hits 13 House Dems with 6-figure pressure campaign to oppose Biden spending bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
In this Aug. 6, 2021, file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Vulnerable House Dems in peril over vote on Biden's $3.5T liberal wish list

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times
In this Aug. 6, 2021, file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House moderates reject Pelosi's simultaneous-vote proposal on spending bills

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
The company logo is shown at the top of a supercharger for Tesla automobiles near shops Feb. 25, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. Tesla's quarterly profit has surpassed $1 billion for the first time thanks to the electric car pioneer's ability to navigate through a pandemic-driven computer chip shortage that has caused major headaches for other automakers. The financial milestone announced Monday, July 26, 2021, extended a two-year run of prosperity that has erased questions about Tesla’s long-term viability raised during its early years of losses and production problems. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)

U.S. probing Autopilot problems on 765,000 Tesla vehicles

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press
In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., listens to witnesses during a hearing on 2020 census on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Manchin, Sinema prepare to exert influence on $3.5T spending bill, exposing rift among Democrats

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
Traffic crawls along the Capital Beltway during rush hour, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Capital beltway toll lanes plan moves ahead with board vote

By Brian Witte - Associated Press
In this July 24, 2021, file photo, former President Donald Trump speaks on a variety of topics to supporters at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

Trump-McConnell rift widens over infrastructure deal

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, walks towards the Senate floor as the Senate moves from passage of the infrastructure bill to focus on a massive $3.5 trillion budget resolution, a blueprint of President Joe Biden's top domestic policy ambitions, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate OKs Dems' $3.5T budget in latest win for Biden

By Alan Fram - Associated Press
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. arrives as the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package is expected to be voted on by the Senate this morning on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

'Infrastructure day': Senate approves Biden's $1.2 trillion roads and highways bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
Then-President Donald Trump meets with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, shown left, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, not shown, in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, July 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump blames McConnell for infrastructure bill's passage: 'Most overrated man in politics'

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, speak to members of the media as they walk out of a budget resolution meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer sets time for final Senate infrastructure vote

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Moderate House Democrats urge Pelosi to hold 'standalone' vote on infrastructure

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives with his security detail as senators convene for a rare weekend session to continue work on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

18 Republicans join Senate vote pushing infrastructure bill closer to passage

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
In this July 11, 2021, photo, former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ** FILE **

Trump to GOP legislators: 'Think twice' about 'terrible' infrastructure deal

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
In this Feb. 10, 2016 photos, Andrew Wisniewski, an operations manager for Smart Start of Maryland, demonstrates how an ignition interlock device works in Annapolis, Md. The devices are put in cars to stop drunk drivers from operating their vehicles. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) **FILE**

Biden infrastructure bill would require cars come with 'advanced alcohol monitoring systems'

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) ** FILE **

GOP Sen. Hagerty blocks Democrats from expediting $1.2T infrastructure bill in late-night session

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden speaks before he signs a bill in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, that awards Congressional gold medals to law enforcement officers that protected members of Congress at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

CBO: Funding for Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan comes up short

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
In this March 3, 2021, file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Johnson, questioned the need for widespread COVID-19 vaccinations, saying in a radio interview "what do you care if your neighbor has one or not?" Johnson, who has no medical expertise or background, made the comments Thursday, April 22, during an interview with conservative talk radio host Vicki McKenna. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Democrats block infrastructure amendment preventing cancellation of border wall contracts

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to examine the FY 2022 budget request for the Treasury Department, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

GOP senators move to prevent Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill from benefiting China

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

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Infrastructure 2018: Moving America Forward — Land, Water and Air: Download the Special Report available in the March 22, 2018, edition of The Washington Times. (4.2 MB)

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