Joe Biden weighs picks to lead his big infrastructure push
Joe Biden's plan to remake America's crumbling infrastructure as President is expected to increase the pressure on three key Cabinet picks to work together for results that Americans can see clearly and quickly in the early months of his presidency, sources told CNN.
Biden sees a sweeping infrastructure package -- a bipartisan issue that is often promised but rarely delivered -- as a central legislative priority for his first year in office and critical to his economic recovery plan, sources familiar with the transition's deliberations told CNN, compelling the Biden transition team to view his picks to lead the Department of Transportation, the Department of Commerce and the Small Business Administration as a sort of unit that will need to act in tandem quickly and aggressively to enact the goal. Biden has already begun to speak with members of Congress about a possible proposal, too, including with House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal.
And the transition is considering a host of names for these three top posts, sources told CNN, including former Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang for Commerce, former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for Transportation, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for Small Business.
A far-reaching infrastructure plan, a commitment that some Democrats believe is second only to coronavirus relief on Biden's legislative priority list, would check a number of promises for the President-elect.
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