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14 Democratic state treasurers caution Congress against ‘clawing back’ stimulus funds for infrastructure

Shelley Moore Capito

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On Thursday, Republican senators introduced their second counter-offer to President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan, proposing funding the plan by using unspent stimulus money. State treasurers say this is a bad idea.

In a letter sent to Congress on Thursday — organized by Invest in America Action — 14 state treasurers urged lawmakers to resist calls to use stimulus aid from the American Rescue Plan to fund infrastructure.

The letter follows the introcution of a $928 billion counter offer to Biden’s infrastructure plan, which was introduced by a group of GOP senators, led by Shelley Moore Capito details ⇒

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