His agenda includes rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure. Pete Buttigieg, a 39-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has been confirmed by the Senate to be Transportation Secretary. He…
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President Updates Environmental Permitting Requirements
Some rules have not changed since the Nixon administration. President Trump is revealing updates to decades-old environmental permitting requirements in an effort to speed approval of infrastructure projects…
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President Issues Emergency Infrastructure Executive Order
Environmental reviews are waived to expedite projects. On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that would expedite permitting for infrastructure projects, building on earlier orders to ease…
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President Pushes for Infrastructure Package
Hopes to revitalize the struggling economy On Tuesday President Trump began promoting a new $2 trillion infrastructure package that is aimed at bringing laid-off Americans back to work…
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Guidelines Could “Toughen Up,” President Says
Everyone has a role to play in winning this war. President Trump told reporters that federal social distancing guidelines might be toughened and travel restrictions with China and…
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President Calls for $2T Infrastructure Bill
“Phase 4” main focus would be jobs. On Tuesday, President Trump said the U.S. Congress should pass a $2 trillion spending plan to update the country’s roads, bridges…
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Emergency Virus Funding Bill May be Ready Friday
G7 countries ready to cooperate Senator Patrick Leahy, the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said an emergency funding bill to fight the coronavirus could be completed…
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