Key Bridge in Baltimore Collapses After Vessel Strike

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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.
 
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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?
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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