Lawmakers are looking at infrastructure one potential area ripe for bipartisan compromise under the Biden administration, the Wall Street Journal reports, as Democrats and Republicans face the possibility of another two years of divided government.
Efforts to craft a multiyear infrastructure bill repeatedly fell apart during the Trump administration, and disagreements on the scope of the legislation and how to pay for it will persist under the new president.
Congress faces the expiration of the existing spending plan known as the highway bill next Sept. 30, and a new measure could become a vehicle Joe Biden's proposed $2 trillion plan for transportation and other infrastructure. Lawmakers see the desire for economic stimulus as the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic as a potential catalyst for a major infrastructure bill.