The democratic controlled U.S. House passed President Biden's infrastructure legislation by a vote of 228 - 206 late Friday night. The legislation is part of Biden's Build Back Better legislation which will be voted on later this month. And once again it is a democratic administration that delivered on infrastructure. The majority GOP and Trump opposed the legislation and the pundits in the media has in the past months were talking about how the democrats were having a problem delivering on Biden's agenda. Some were talking about democratic disfunction and total collapse But the noise machine as usual were wrong.
The House vote was not a bipartisan vote as 200 republicans voted against the legislation while only 13 voted yes with the majority. 215 democrats voted for the legislation while 6 voted against. All 5 republicans in the House who represent Louisiana voted against the legislation and were as follows. Steve Scalise, Clay Higgins, Garret Graves, Julia Letlow and Michael Johnson. The only democratic representative in the House from Louisiana Troy Carter voted for the legislation. Louisiana's U.S. Senator John Kennedy voted against the legislation when the Senate approved the measure some months ago. All 50 democratic senators in the Senate voted for the legislation while only 19 of the 50 republicans in the senate voted yes and 30 republican senators voted no.
Infrastructure has always been an important part of the U.S. economy and no one understands that more than democrats. That is why democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election made infrastructure her number one priority if elected. It was also part of President Obama's $700 billion stimulus that was approved by the democratic controlled congress to help move America out of the great republican recession of 2008. Trump and his party made it one of their priorities during the 2016 campaign and then after being elected did nothing.
The economy and every thing related to it is affected by infrastructure and the legislation will be a stimulus for long term growth spread over a number of years. Commerce will benefit greatly and business and the people will see better times. The average workers will realize real wage growth. Additional new jobs will be created to go along with Biden's present job creation record which is detailed in Politidose commentary every month.
Democrats govern by policy and plans and that is why legislation some times takes more time than other times. They believe in debate on the issues that affect the country and the people. The noise machine that has tried its best to paint the party as a failure on Biden's agenda, I suggest they read three of President Truman's famous sayings below.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE A DICTATORSHIP.
YOU CAN ALWAYS AMEND A BIG PLAN, BUT YOU CAN NEVER EXPAND A LITTLE ONE. I DON'T BELIEVE IN LITTLE PLANS. I BELIEVE IN PLANS BIG ENOUGH TO MEET A SITUATION WHICH WE CAN'T POSSIBLY FORESEE NOW.
MEN MAKE HISTORY AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IN PERIODS WHEN THERE IS NO LEADERSHIP, SOCIETY STANDS STILL. PROGRESS OCCURS WHEN COURAGEOUS, SKILLFUL LEADERS SIEZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THINGS FOR THE BETTER.
President Truman's wisdom can be related to what is taking place in Washington at the present time. And the Biden administration has accomplished much in his first year in office with legislation that really matters and will make a difference for the country and it people.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Note : Shame on Louisiana's representative who serve in congress and who voted against the infrastructure legislation. They do not represent Louisiana's best interest.
