MeterSigned a $1 billion infrastructure package, the politically ill U.S. president Joe Biden Celebrate success. Biden signed the $1.2 trillion bill at a ceremony outside the White House on Monday.
In a speech to many invited guests on the south side of the White House, the President said: “My message to the Americans is: If America moves forward again, your lives will become better.”
A week and a half ago, Congress passed the largest investment package of its kind in the United States since the 1950s. The money will flow into areas such as roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, new water pipes, electric vehicle charging stations, and the expansion of broadband Internet.
Deep political division
Members of the European Parliament of the Biden Democratic Party voted for the law, and members of the opposition Republican Party and senators also voted for the law. Given the deep political differences in the country, such bipartisan initiatives are rare. As a result, Biden called the law on Monday as “proving” that Democrats and Republicans can cooperate and “achieve results”—regardless of what the “cynics” might say.
However, regarding the infrastructure package, Biden’s Democrats have been in party disputes for several months. If at the same time a larger social and climate protection plan makes progress, the party’s left-wing lawmakers only hope to pass the law. Biden hopes that this second plan will be finalized before the Thanksgiving holiday on November 25, and the plan will last for $1.75 trillion. But the conservative wing of the Democratic Party still has resistance.
Voting results in the basement
The months-long stalemate in his reform agenda has severely damaged Biden. The President is currently under tremendous pressure, also considering the high inflation caused by the new crown pandemic. His poll numbers plummeted. According to a poll released over the weekend, only 41% of American citizens are satisfied with his way of holding office, and 53% are dissatisfied.
After the fiasco for the governor of Virginia two weeks ago, the Democrats are now worried about the mid-term congressional elections a year later. Then Republicans can win back the majority of seats in the Senate and House of Representatives.
