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Vermont Senator to Introduce $1 Trillion Infrastructure Spending Legislation

Legislation would focus on fixing crumbling roads and bridges and investing in other infrastructure modernization projects

Jan 6, 2015

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is planning to introduce new legislation that will increase infrastructure spending on roads and bridges. The plan would authorize a $1 trillion, multi-year program to fix roads and bridges and also invest in other infrastructure modernization projects.

(more on Sen. Sanders' infrastructure legislation...)

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