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Business InsiderMAR 2024
Baltimore Bridge: Temporary Channel Announced Amid Rebuilding Plans
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The Spin
Democratic narrative
The Biden administration is right to allocate significant federal resources to reopen the critical Port of Baltimore and rebuild the bridge as soon as possible. These efforts wouldn't be without precedent as the federal government has previously released millions in similar incidents in Minnesota in 2007 and in Philadelphia last year.
Republican narrative
It's outrageous that the very first — and so far the only — reaction from the Biden administration is to force American taxpayers to pay for yet another rebuilding project as if there were no other alternatives. The White House should instead try to have Singapore and insurance companies help finance the project, as well as to reappropriate unused money.