Infrastructure Bill No Climate Substitute For Budget Plan, Groups Say

November 8, 2021
Climate advocates, Biden officials and some Hill lawmakers say last week’s passage of a landmark infrastructure bill is no substitute for the climate investments in Democrats’ pending budget “reconciliation” bill, citing analysis showing the latter as crucial to achieving steep near-term greenhouse gas reductions. “While there are some important investments in that [infrastructure] bill, let’s be perfectly clear: If Biden and House and Senate Dems don’t now move quickly to pass the Build Back Better Act, they will have failed...


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