US Senate Republicans on April 22 proposed a competing infrastructure plan to spend $568 billion over five years on traditional projects like roads, bridges and ports, skipping the clean energy focus of Democrats’ plan. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The Republican plan includes $299 billion for roads and bridges, $65 billion for broadband, $61 billion for public transit, $44 billion for airports, $35 billion for drinking water and wastewater, $20 billion for rail, and $17 billion for ports and inland waterways. Republicans said their plan aims to boost economic growth, bolster the ability to respond to extreme weather events and natural disasters, and strengthen national security. On a fact sheet, electric vehicles are the only mention of clean energy proposals, with […]