Key Bridge in Baltimore Collapses After Vessel Strike

[essentialsaltes]

Will Congress support funding when they return to session?

House Freedom Caucus presents its preconditions before discussing any help.

House Freedom Caucus lays out demands for considering Baltimore bridge funding​

In an official position released Friday, the conservative group demanded that any funding for the bridge be “fully offset” and called on the Biden administration to first lift its pause on approvals for natural gas export projects before discussing a supplemental for the bridge.

 

[Hazelelponi]

That's interesting.

 

[wing2000]

House Freedom Caucus presents its preconditions before discussing any help.

House Freedom Caucus lays out demands for considering Baltimore bridge funding​

In an official position released Friday, the conservative group demanded that any funding for the bridge be “fully offset” and called on the Biden administration to first lift its pause on approvals for natural gas export projects before discussing a supplemental for the bridge.

Maybe they can explain how natural gas exports relates to replacing a key piece of the nation's infrastructure?

 

[GoldenBoy89]

House Freedom Caucus presents its preconditions before discussing any help.

House Freedom Caucus lays out demands for considering Baltimore bridge funding​

In an official position released Friday, the conservative group demanded that any funding for the bridge be “fully offset” and called on the Biden administration to first lift its pause on approvals for natural gas export projects before discussing a supplemental for the bridge.

Nothing like holding a city hostage until your demands are met.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Nothing like holding a city hostage until your demands are met.

To be fair, Biden politicized it first by saying we'd help fellow Americans in their hour of need.

 

[wing2000]

To be fair, Biden politicized it first by saying we'd help fellow Americans in their hour of need.

I assume that was sarcasm.

 

[Nithavela]

To be fair, Biden politicized it first by saying we'd help fellow Americans in their hour of need.

With bodies still in the water!!!

 

[wing2000]

...some good news:

"After a colossal cleanup effort, federal and state authorities fully reopened the main shipping channel to the Port of Baltimore on Monday, transforming a site of ferocious destruction into a symbol of resilience after an errant container ship downed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March and killed six workers.

Authorities restored the federal channel to its original 700-foot width and 50-foot depth, providing a moment of hope after a painful period in Baltimore.

“When we work together, we can actually get big things done,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said in an interview Friday, adding that some early estimates said fully restoring the channel could take six months to a year. It ended up being 11 weeks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/06/10/baltimore-channel-reopening-key-bridge/