A funny thing happened after Congress passed President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. Some of the many many many Republicans who voted against it took credit for it.
Senator Tommy Yes-He-Really-Is-That-Stupid Tuberville crowed over Alabama receiving $1.4 billion for broadband to rural communities.
Senator Jon Cornyn from Texas, also rejoiced about what Texas was getting from the bill he didn’t support. He was downright giddy his state was getting over $3.3 billion from the legislation for broadband.
Isn’t it nice that you can call legislation “absurd” and a “fiasco” and still be able to take credit for it? The law passed in 2021 despite 30 Senate Republicans and 200 House Republicans voting against it. For their part, 19 Republican Senators and 13 House Republicans did vote for it.
Remember that as we rebuild the bridge in Baltimore.
Donald Trump promised an infrastructure bill and even declared one week of his presidential (sic) administration as Infrastructure Week, but the only legislative accomplishment he achieved was giving himself a tax cut. He also failed in his promise of repealing Obamacare and replacing it with “something better.” Also, we’re still waiting on Mexico to pay for Trump’s border wall.