White House Spotlights Failing Infrastructure to Pressure GOP

  • Biden team issues state-level list of crumbling roads, bridges
  • President is seeking to win public support for funding

Contractors work on a road under repair along Highway 101 in San Mateo, California.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden’s team is intensifying its pressure on Republicans opposed to a bipartisan infrastructure agreement by spotlighting crumbling roads and bridges on a state-by-state basis that the funding could be used to rebuild.

Local fact sheets, being released on Thursday, also highlight states’ needs for improving water quality and expanding broadband internet.