Why the White House hasn't benefited much from investing in infrastructure

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By Joel Rose

November 14, 2024

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Tomorrow marks three years since President Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure law. Since then, his administration has pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into roads, bridges, airports and more. But the White House has seen little if any political benefit from that investment, as NPR's Joel Rose reports.

JOEL ROSE, BYLINE: For much of the past three years, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been on the road at ribbon cuttings, photo ops, round tables for projects all over the country, from $400 million to shore up the Golden Gate Bridge to 1 million for a new terminal at a tiny airport in Chamberlain, South Dakota.

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