The Latest On Biden's Infrastructure Plan, With A Vision For A New 'Climate Corps'
b'The White House is courting influential Democratic senators and making a public relations push for President Biden\'s infrastructure proposal, while Republicans draw a red line around corporate tax increases.
Biden also spent part of this week test-driving Ford\'s new electric F-150 Lightning. But for all the talk of energy innovation and electric cars, one part of Biden\'s infrastructure plan is based on a pretty old idea \\u2014 one from another era when millions of Americans were out of work. NPR\'s Scott Detrow and Nathan Rott report on Biden\'s proposal to revamp the nearly 100-year-old Civilian Conservation Corps \\u2014 with a new focus on climate change. Read more from their reporting here.
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