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Uniter-in-chief Biden Fails To Find Bipartisan Support For Infra?

Adrian Ang, Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

26-Jul-21 07:30

Uniter-in-chief Biden Fails To Find Bipartisan Support For Infra?

The $1.2 trillion bipartisan physical infrastructure plan in the US failed to find sufficient support in the Senate last Friday, leaving Joe Biden's key legislative priority in flux. Will he be able to get this, and other stimulus bills, passed? We speak to Adrian Ang, Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, to find out.

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Produced by: Philip See

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Noelle Lim, Roshan Kanesan


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Categories:  Personal Finance,  Investments,  Financial Literacy,  Young Finance,  Politics,  Social Issues,  law & legal matters

Tags:  Covid-19,  USA,  Biden,  infrastructure,  plan,  stimulus,  debt,  economy,  senate, 


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