A far-reaching infrastructure plan, a commitment that some Democrats believe is second only to coronavirus relief on Biden's legislative priority list, would check a number of promises for the President-elect. Biden pledged throughout the campaign to get Americans back to work as quickly as possible, something a jobs-focused infrastructure proposal could do. Jamal Brown, a spokesperson for the Biden transition, said the President-elect "believes an integral component to jumpstarting our economic recovery is with an infrastructure plan." He is someone who as mayor covered up evidence from a police killing until after he was reelected," NAACP President Derrick Johnson told CNN. "I'm going to keep my commitment that the administration, both in the White House and outside in the Cabinet, is going to look like the country," Biden told CNN on Thursday.

Source: The Nation December 05, 2020 13:07 UTC