Clinton pledges hundreds of billions for infrastructure
- 8 years ago
Hillary Rodham Clinton is promising hundreds of billions of dollars in new federal spending in an effort to compete with the liberal economic policies of her presidential primary challengers.
The first piece of a new jobs agenda, a $275 billion infrastructure plan unveiled Sunday, falls short of the $1 trillion pledged by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to rebuild the nation's crumbling bridges, ports, highways and airports.
Clinton aides say her economic initiatives will be the most expensive of her campaign and plan to roll out proposals for new investments in manufacturing and research in the coming weeks.
On Sunday, she added a pledge to give all American households access to high-speed Internet by 2020.
The first piece of a new jobs agenda, a $275 billion infrastructure plan unveiled Sunday, falls short of the $1 trillion pledged by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to rebuild the nation's crumbling bridges, ports, highways and airports.
Clinton aides say her economic initiatives will be the most expensive of her campaign and plan to roll out proposals for new investments in manufacturing and research in the coming weeks.
On Sunday, she added a pledge to give all American households access to high-speed Internet by 2020.