Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J talk about the infrastructure bill that passed the Senate, and the budget resolution that accompanied it.
\nSpecial thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury for our intro! Their bandcamp: https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/track/fcon.
\nRelevant links:
\nSenate Bill - https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/politics/read-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-text/index.html
\nFive Things You Didn't Know Were in the Infrastructure Bill - https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/10/politics/five-surprising-items-in-the-infrastructure-bill/index.html
\nHere's What a Vote-a-Rama is (and what is means for the Democrats $3.5T Budget Reconstruction) - https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/10/politics/vote-a-rama-explainer-budget-reconciliation/index.html
\nHow most of the media is framing this: Senate Passes $1T Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill in a Historic Vote - https://www.npr.org/2021/08/10/1026081880/senate-passes-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill
\nWhat Does Biden's Infrastructure Bill Tell Us About the Health of US Democracy? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/12/biden-infrastructure-bill-democracy-us-politics
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