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FactCheck.org→ White House Uses ‘Job-Years,’ Not Jobs, to Tout Infrastructure Law
Both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris lauded the bipartisan infrastructure legislation for creating good-paying jobs for “millions” of Americans. But they meant millions of job-years, not millions of additional jobs. In
PolitiFact→ Progress Iowa – Iowa group corrects statement on Charles Grassley’s infrastructure vote
"Only one member of Iowa’s federal delegation" voted in favor of the bipartisan infrastructure legislation.
AllSides→ Does Only 11 Percent of Bill Go Toward ‘Real Infrastructure,’ as Trump Claims?
http://newsweek.com/fact-check-does-only-11-percent-bill-go-toward-real-infrastructure-trump-claims-1647063
PolitiFact→ Bob Good – Bob Good spreads bogus claim about infrastructure bill
“The infrastructure bill itself is only 10% true infrastructure.”
Washington Post→ The false claim that only 11 percent of the infrastructure bill goes to ‘real infrastructure’
Former president Donald Trump knocked passage of the infrastructure plan, but by the metrics he used as president, nearly 40 percent would qualify as "real infrastructure" — and the percentage could even be double that figure.
Snopes→ Biden Hails Infrastructure Win As ‘Monumental Step Forward’
The House passed the measure 228-206 late Friday, prompting prolonged cheers from the relieved Democratic side of the chamber.
Snopes→ House Dems Delay Huge Social Bill, Plan Infrastructure Vote
The scrambled plans cast a fresh pall over a party that's tried for weeks to find middle ground on its massive package.
Snopes→ Does 2021 Infrastructure Bill Include ‘Methane Tax’ on Cattle, Pigs?
Republican Congressman Markwayne Mullin said Democratic proposals for a "methane tax" would "run ranchers out of business." But do his claims stack up?
Logically→ U.K. Prime minister Boris Johnson and Bill Gates are planning a “digital control grid infrastructure that will measure everything you do.”
There is no evidence that mass surveillance will take place as the government plans to invest in green technologies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Congress’ Infrastructure Act Does NOT Include 61% Death Tax On Wealth, Estates For Every American
Does Congress' infrastructure bill include a 61% death tax on an individual's entire accumulated wealth and estate? No, that's not true: The American Families Plan designed by the Biden administration proposed two tax increases that sugge
AllSides→ Infrastructure Bill Proposes Voluntary Pilot Program for Per-Mile Vehicle Fee, Not ‘Driving Tax’
https://www.allsides.com/Infrastructure%20Bill%20Proposes%20Voluntary%20Pilot%20Program%20for%20Per-Mile%20Vehicle%20Fee%2C%20Not%20%E2%80%98Driving%20Tax%E2%80%99
FactCheck.org→ Infrastructure Bill Proposes Voluntary Pilot Program for Per-Mile Vehicle Fee, Not ‘Driving Tax’
Quick Take A Senate-approved $1 trillion infrastructure bill would create a voluntary pilot program aimed at studying per-mile user fees for motor vehicles to fund the Highway Trust Fund. The bill does not include a “driving tax,” as some s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Infrastructure Bill Does NOT Include ‘$6,500 Tax On Dairy Cows, $2,600 Per Head On Beef…$500…On Swine’
Does the 2021 infrastructure bill include a $6,500 tax on dairy cows, $2,600 per head tax on beef cows and $500 per head tax on swine? No, that's not true: There is no such language in the infrastructure legislation, according to the publ
FactCheck.org→ Biden and Buttigieg Overstate Jobs Impact from Infrastructure Bill
President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg overstated the impact of the bipartisan, Senate-approved infrastructure bill on job creation, likely citing instead an economic forecast that includes the much larger and partisan “h
Snopes→ Big Win for $1T Infrastructure Bill: Senate Shows It Can Act
The 69-30 tally provides momentum for this first phase of Biden’s “Build Back Better” priorities, now headed to the House.
AllSides→ Senators Claim Infrastructure Bill Is ‘Paid For’; Experts Disagree
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FactCheck.org→ Senators Claim Infrastructure Bill Is ‘Paid For’; Experts Disagree
Both Democratic and Republican senators who negotiated a bipartisan infrastructure bill have claimed the legislation is “paid for.” But a budget watchdog group says the bill only pays for about half of the $548 billion in new spending. The
Snopes→ Infrastructure Deal: Senate Ready to Move Ahead on $1T Bill
President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators reached agreement Wednesday on a $1 trillion national infrastructure package.
Snopes→ Infrastructure Bill Fails First Vote, Senate to Try Again
Senate Republicans rejected an effort to begin debate on the big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group of senators brokered with President Joe Biden.
Snopes→ Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Back on Track After Walk-Back
U.S. President Joe Biden said it was not his “intent” to suggest he was issuing a veto threat on the bill.
Washington Post→ Democrats and Republicans need a translator when speaking infrastructure
Too often, the dueling infrastructure plans are treated as roughly similar by reporters but there are vast differences.
Washington Post→ Apples to apples, the Senate GOP infrastructure proposal is smaller than it appears
Reporters were quick to cite a headline number without noting the Biden and Senate GOP plans have different budget baselines.
Washington Post→ Faulty math: The claim that Biden’s infrastructure plan costs $850,000 per job
The Republican National Committee uses simple-minded math to make a misleading claim.
AllSides→ A pair of misleading GOP attacks on Biden’s infrastructure plan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/14/pair-misleading-gop-attacks-bidens-infrastructure-plan/
AllSides→ Underselling the Infrastructure in Infrastructure Plan
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/04/underselling-the-infrastructure-in-infrastructure-plan/ President Joe
FactCheck.org→ Underselling the Infrastructure in Infrastructure Plan
President Joe Biden has taken an arguably expansive view of infrastructure to justify some of the proposed spending in the $2.7 trillion American Jobs Plan. But some Republicans have gone too far with claims about how little in the bill qualifies as in
Washington Post→ A pair of misleading GOP attacks on Biden’s infrastructure plan
Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) have offered dubious claims and faulty numbers to attack Biden’s infrastructure plan.
Washington Post→ Biden’s pitch that the economy ‘will create 19 million jobs’ if infrastructure is passed
The president used finely-tuned language that sometimes leaves the wrong impression -- and which other administration officials have bungled.
AllSides→ Biden, Buttigieg Exaggerate Projected Job Gains in Infrastructure Plan
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/04/biden-buttigieg-exaggerate-projected-job-gains-in-infrastructure-plan/
FactCheck.org→ Biden, Buttigieg Exaggerate Projected Job Gains in Infrastructure Plan
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal, called the American Jobs Plan, is projected to add 2.7 million jobs over 10 years, according to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics. Biden and members of his administration have cited the Moody
The Dispatch→ Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal Is a Giant Boondoggle
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Washington Post→ The GOP claim that only 5 to 7 percent of Biden’s plan is for ‘real infrastructure’
When Donald Trump left office, some Republicans stopped counting rail and water-pipe investments as infrastructure. How convenient.
Snopes→ Biden Announces Huge Infrastructure Plan to ‘Win the Future’
The U.S. president drew comparisons between his hard-hatted proposed transformation of the U.S. economy and the space race.
The Dispatch→ Infrastructure Push and Bumpy Roads
President Biden introduced a massive $2 trillion infrastructure plan in Pittsburgh, and the gang is wondering what type of fight the GOP is going to put up against the bill. Steve asks, “You’d think this might be something Republicans would
Snopes→ Eager to Build Infrastructure, Biden Plans to Tax Business
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the plan is “about making an investment in America — not just modernizing our roads or railways or bridges but building an infrastructure of the future.”
Snopes→ Biden Wants Infrastructure Plan Approved over Summer
President Joe Biden is aiming for summer passage of an infrastructure plan that is expected to cost more than $3 trillion, and the White House hopes to take a more deliberate and collaborative approach with the contentious Congress than it did on the C
Logically→ Joe Biden plans to invest $2 trillion in infrastructure to combat climate change.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden unveiled a $2 trillion clean energy and infrastructure plan on July 14, 2020.
Snopes→ US Agency Includes Gun Sellers as ‘Critical’ Infrastructure
A gun rights group is cheering the Trump administration’s designation of the firearms industry, including retailers, as part of the nation’s critical infrastructure during the coronavirus emergency.
Truth or Fiction?→ NTNU in Norway Warns about Coronavirus, the United States’ Healthcare and Infrastructure
On March 14 2020, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) advised students abroad to return home in the face of a global COVID-19 pandemic. The warning was for “countries with poorly developed collective infrastructure, for exa