The Alternate Infrastructure Bill: What’s Inside & Why It Matters

WASHINGTON (April 23, 2021) — The Republican Party has drafted an alternate infrastructure plan to the one proposed by President Biden. This proposal would cut infrastructure spending by up to 75% — $568 billion over 5 years as opposed to Biden’s $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan. 

The party plans to pay for the bill by increasing user fees for electric and hybrid vehicle owners that don’t pay as much or any gas tax, repurposing unspent money from COVID-relief legislation and allowing state funding matches for infrastructure with the additional COVID-relief funding the states received.

Check out the following quick comparison of these plans:

Roads & Bridges
GOP: $299 billion
Biden: $115 billion

Public Transit
GOP: $61 billion
Biden: $85 billion

Rail
GOP: $20 billion
Biden: $80 billion

Water & Sewer
GOP: $39 billion
Biden: $111 billion

Ports & Inland Waterways
GOP: $17 billion
Biden: $17 billion

Airports
GOP: $44 billion
Biden: $25 billion

Broadband
GOP: $65 billion
Biden: $100 billion

Safety
GOP: $13 billion
Biden: $20 billion

Click to read a more detailed breakdown of the GOP plan, or review the American Jobs Plan from the White House.