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Biden seeks course out of doldrums after US legislative victory

By James Politi and Lauren Fedor

07 Nov 2021 · 4 min read

Joe Biden declared “we are just getting started” after the US House of Representatives passed his $1.2tn bipartisan infrastructure bill after months of wrangling.

The US president vowed to pass a larger $1.75tn package to invest in the social safety net in the coming weeks.

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