Infrastructure Or Jobs? Controversy Over Name Of Biden Proposal Highlights Long Tradition In Politics By Angela Bradbery
04/16/21 AT 1:19 AM
President Joe Biden caught flak this month when he released his infrastructure plan and named it the American Jobs Plan.
Republicans said he was being misleading by stretching the definition of “infrastructure,” and they questioned his claims about the number of jobs the proposal would create. It’s neither infrastructure nor a jobs plan, they groused.
Controversy over legislative bill names is hardly new. Politicians have long used bill titles as a marketing vehicle, concocting sometimes misleading and outlandish monikers to get media attention, drum up support – who can be against leaving no child behind? – and frame the conversation around the bill before their opponents do.
President Joe Biden caught flak this month when he released his infrastructure plan and named it the American Jobs Plan.
Republicans said he was being misleading by stretching the definition of “infrastructure,” and they questioned his claims about the number of jobs the proposal would create. It’s neither an infrastructure nor a jobs plan, they groused.
Controversy over legislative bill names is hardly new. Politicians have long used bill titles as a marketing vehicle, concocting sometimes misleading and outlandish monikers to get media attention, drum up support – who can be against leaving no child behind? – and frame the conversation around the bill before their opponents do.
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Question of the Day By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times - Sunday, April 4, 2021
When congressional Democrats named their massive election overhaul bill the “For the People Act,” there was a bit of bravado and a hint of a challenge: who could possibly vote against a proposal with such bold pretensions?
It turns out plenty of Republicans can.
H.R. 1, as the bill is officially designated, is nothing if not grand in its designs, wiping away state election practices and creating a national standard, tilted toward Democrats’ ideas, for who can vote, when they can vote, and how they can vote. For Democrats it’s the chance to save democracy. For Republicans, it’s a craven political hit job.