Ah?
HUNDREDS of Billions….
Except for 13 of them?
Republicans voted against this money….
One would think ?
Like Obamacare…
The Money and effort to rebuild America will become more and MORE popular…
But the start off?
Rough….
And Pete will be right inn the middle of this going out of the gate…
“Most Republicans didn’t vote for this bill,” said Democratic strategist and pollster Mark Mellman, whose clients have included dozens of members of Congress. “Some of those Republicans are going to be claiming credit anyway. Others will be looking for opportunities to rub somebody’s nose in bad results. Some will be doing both. But a lot of people will be looking for problems with how this money is spent.”
Even in the best of circumstances, Buttigieg, whose previous political experience was running the city of South Bend, Ind., has his hands full. South Bend’s 2022 budget is $386 million. DOT’s annual budget is around $90 billion — and now that the infrastructure bill has been signed into law, it will swell to about $140 billion.
DOT had no comment about how Buttigieg might handle the challenge. But he nodded to it in a recent appearance on Meet the Press, saying he takes “very seriously the responsibilities that we have for everything that flows” through DOT, including all the new funding he will have to shepherd. “And can I tell you that everyone in my organization feels the same way. We know that we have a responsibility to be creative, to be smart, to be entrepreneurial, but also to be careful, cautious, and accountable of these dollars.”…