{"id":589676,"date":"2021-07-13T10:50:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589676"},"modified":"2021-07-13T10:50:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:50:30","slug":"mayors-across-the-country-pressure-congress-on-bipartisan-infrastructure-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayors-across-the-country-pressure-congress-on-bipartisan-infrastructure-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayors Across The Country Pressure Congress On Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmayors-across-the-country-pressure-congress-on-bipartisan-infrastructure-framework%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589676&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Conference of Mayors is urging Congress \u201cto take immediate action\u201d on the bipartisan infrastructure framework, according to a letter sent Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmayors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USCM-FINAL-Mayors-Letter-on-Bipartisan-Infrastructure-Framework-071321-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> is signed by over 369 bipartisan mayors from all 50 states plus D.C., a press release from the White House noted. Democratic Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Nan Whaley is leading the push to get Congress to pass the bill, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/biden-manchin-infrastructure-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">developed by<\/a> a group of five Democrat and five Republican lawmakers in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework is crucial to making meaningful progress on one of the most pressing and unifying challenges facing our country \u2013 the need for comprehensive investment in public transportation; roads; bridges; passenger and freight rail; drinking water and wastewater; clean energy and electrification; legacy pollution cleanup; cyber-attack and extreme weather-resiliency; and universal broadband access,\u201d the mayors wrote in the letter. \u201cThus, we believe that this framework deserves bipartisan support in the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayors brought up the group efforts on the American Rescue Plan as well and requested to be involved in the process moving forward. The American Rescue Plan saw Republicans, Democrats and mayors come \u201ctogether through The United States Conference of Mayors to help secure $350 billion in direct relief for state and local governments,\u201d according to the letter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7235490\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7235490\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7235490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233506618-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 17: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly media availability on Capitol Hill on June 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Joshua Roberts\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233506618-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233506618-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233506618-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233506618-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233506618-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233506618-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7235490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JUNE 17: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly media availability on Capitol Hill on June 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Joshua Roberts\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The letter also detailed two requests from the hundreds of mayors. They first asked that funding previously signed into law to help cities with the COVID-19 pandemic be off the table as a possibility for how to pay for the infrastructure package. The mayors also asked for Congress to commit to \u201cmore localism\u201d by providing federal resources for the communities to prosper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith these priorities in mind, we strongly urge Congress to move forward on developing and implementing the details of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework so that it can be passed in the Senate and House and then signed into law as soon as possible,\u201d the mayors wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The bipartisan infrastructure framework, which totals about $1.2 trillion over eight years and includes $579 billion in new spending, is significantly smaller than President Joe Biden\u2019s initial $2.3 trillion plan and largely focuses on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/arielcohen\/2021\/07\/06\/what-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-plan-means-for-us-energy\/?sh=1f0253683cd5\">traditional<\/a> infrastructure. The president almost derailed the bipartisan bill after declaring he wouldn\u2019t sign the package without an accompanied&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/joe-biden-bipartisan-infrastructure-package-without-reconciliation-bill\/\">reconciliation<\/a> bill, though the comments were quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/26\/biden-infrastructure-vow-veto-bipartisan-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">walked<\/a> back.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Biden has been promoting policies not included in the bipartisan bill. These proposals are being called \u201cgenerational investments in human infrastructure,\u201d a White House official previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/07\/politics\/infrastructure-biden-illinois-speech\/index.html\">told<\/a> CNN. The president traveled July 7 to McHenry County, Illinois \u2014 a county former President Donald Trump won in 2020 \u2014 to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/07\/joe-biden-illinois-proposals-bipartisan-plan-human-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">push these<\/a> proposals. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/09\/climate-change-the-squad-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-biden-pramila-jayapal-nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Progressives Outline Their Demands For Dems\u2019 Reconciliation Infrastructure Bill)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Conference of Mayors is urging Congress \u201cto take immediate action\u201d on the bipartisan infrastructure framework, according to a letter sent Tuesday.The letter is signed by over 369 bipartisan &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314551,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233506618-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Mayors Across The Country Pressure Congress On Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233506618-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Mayors Across The Country Pressure Congress On Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}