House Republicans want to cut billions in infrastructure spending they had supported

WASHINGTON POST • July 18, 2023

A series of Republican bills would wipe out billions of dollars meant to repair the nation’s aging infrastructure, potentially undercutting a 2021 law that was one of Washington’s rare recent bipartisan achievements. The proposed cuts could hamstring some of the most urgently needed public-works projects across the country, from improving rail safety to reducing lead contamination at schools to federal sources for drinking water and wastewater grants to states.