Ever since President Joe Biden unveiled his $2.25 trillion infrastructure framework, Washington and the media have been consumed with the prospects of a big infrastructure bill reaching the Oval Office. Optimism in politics is important, but the public shouldn’t hold its breath that the Biden plan will become law anytime soon. After all, we’ve been down this road many times before: Lawmakers broadly seem to agree on doing something on infrastructure, only to hit a roadblock when ironing out those pesky details.
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