American President Joe Biden signed into law Monday a $1.2 trillion spending plan to provide money for a wide group of purposes. They include developing roads, bridges, ports, transportation, water projects, internet service and other things across the United States. Speaking from the White House in Washington, D.C., Biden said, "For too long, we’ve talked about having the best economy in the world. We’ve talked about asserting American leadership around the world with the best and safest roads, railways, ports, and airports... today, we are finally getting it done.” Biden thanked Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio and Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona for their work to get bipartisan support for the bill. In order to reach the deal in a divided Congress, Biden had to reduce his spending request of $2.3 trillion by more than half. The $1.2 trillion spending plan will be partly paid for by using $210 billion in COVID-19 aid that was not spent and $53 billion in unemployment aid money that was not released.
Title: Biden Signs $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Spending Plan
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States.</span> <span data-start-time='26083' data-end-time='37271'>Speaking from the White House in Washington, D.C., Biden said, "For too long, we’ve talked about having the best economy in the world. </span> <span data-start-time='37271' data-end-time='48438'>We’ve talked about asserting American leadership around the world with the best and safest roads, railways, ports, and airports... </span> <span data-start-time='48438' data-end-time='53125'>today, we are finally getting it done.”</span> <span data-start-time='53125' data-end-time='67792'>Biden thanked Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio and Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona for their work to get bipartisan support for the bill.</span> <span data-start-time='67792' data-end-time='78542'>In order to reach the deal in a divided Congress, Biden had to reduce his spending request of $2.3 trillion by more than half. </span> <span data-start-time='78542' data-end-time='97458'>The $1.2 trillion spending plan will be 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