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Republicans who voted against Biden’s infrastructure bill are touting its projects anyway

Some Republican members of Congress have praised initiatives made possible by the infrastructure law they opposed. Political analysts say they are not likely to be the last.

Los Angeles Times – by Erin B. Logan, Anumita Kaur

Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) last year left little doubt why she was voting against a $1-trillion bipartisan infrastructure measure, calling it nothing more than a “socialist plan full of crushing taxes and radical spending.”

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Republicans who voted against Biden’s infrastructure bill are touting its projects anyway

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