The incessant "We're going to lose" "if the election were held today" threads are trolling...

[Hortensis]

37. And stuff like this from Ocasio-Cortez, which managed to make me angry,

though how she's spinning her refusal to help pass this historic PROGRESSIVE legislation is no worse than expected.

Link to tweet

We had originally planned $45 billion to replace all the lead service lines in the country, but the $15 we achieved (in spite of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez) will replace the lead lines contaminating tap water in approximately 10 million homes across the country. And later we'll get the rest, also without her if she chooses.

Almost every one of the allocations listed below, plus many, many more, will benefit the people of her own district in some way, in spite of her opposition. Which would also explain why she's not mentioning them.

Water and Wastes Digest:

For the water industry, $55 billion of the $550 billion will go towards clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. The bill’s provisions for the water sector include:

$11.713 billion each for both the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) for a total of $23.5 billion in new federal investment;

An additional $1 billion through the CWSRF and $4 billion through the DWSRF to address emerging contaminants including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS);

$15 billion through the DWSRF to address lead in drinking water;

Reauthorizing the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Grants program at increased funding levels;
And at least $25 million per year to improve access to running water in Tribal nations and disadvantaged communities.

According to the White House Fact Sheet regarding the infrastructure bill, it is also intended to prepare more of our infrastructure for the impacts of climate change and resulting extreme weather events. This is the largest investment in the resilience of physical and natural systems in American history.

The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators Regulatory and Legislative Affairs Manager Wendi Wilkes tweeted several findings regarding the bill's water and wastewater provisions...

United States Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG):

$55 billion for water infrastructure, including $15 billion to remove lead pipes and $200 million to address lead in school drinking water

Record investments in transit, walking and biking infrastructure

$7.5 billion to begin building a nationwide electric vehicle charging network

Funding for thousands of clean, electric school buses and low and zero emission transit buses

$73 billion to strengthen the electrical grid and improve energy efficiency

Begins the process of reinstating the Superfund tax “polluter pays” principle while also including additional funding to clean up Superfund and brownfield sites, reclaim abandoned mine land and cap orphaned gas wells

$65 billion for broadband

$350 million to build wildlife corridors, which ensure animals can get under, around or over roads to migrate, mate and maintain biodiversity

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's colleague who represents us here in GA also opposed passage of this bill, but I won't post the deceits he offers in his defense.