Bi-partisan bill to boost infrastructure investment
- From: Vol 9, Issue 6 (June 2008)
- Category: General
- Region: Americas
- Country: United States
Access to tax-exempt financing for US water infrastructure has long been the privilege of municipalities. A new bill is set to change all that, as Kathy Shandling explains.
Hot on the heels of the recently introduced Blumenauer bill, which calls for a “US Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century”, as well as the proposed legislation that would set up a National Water Trust Fund, two congressmen have joined forces to promote a bi-partisan initiative that specifically focuses on water infrastructure funding.
Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Phil ...
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