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Sen. Tammy Baldwin took to social media this week, expressing support for President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by the House of Representatives to bring approximately $5.5 billion in federal funding to Wisconsin.

Baldwin tweeted Nov. 10, boasting about her support for the new legislation and sharing an article by the Up North News outlining its implications.

“Creating good-paying jobs and putting Wisconsin to work fixing our roads and bridges, rebuilding our water infrastructure and expanding access to affordable and reliable high-speed broadband. Yes, I voted for that,” Baldwin wrote in a tweet. "The bipartisan infrastructure legislation that I supported delivers results for Wisconsin and you’re damn right we’re gonna fix the roads.”

According to the Up North News, the bill, which passed 228-206 in the House, will bring approximately $5.5 billion to Wisconsin over the next five years to improve roads and bridges, replace lead pipes and increase access to broadband across the state. It is also expected to support around 2 million jobs across the country each year, the White House reports. 

A recent report by CNN states the total cost of the infrastructure bill is set at $1.2 trillion, with $550 billion set to go toward infrastructure. About $65 billion will be put toward broadband, $25 billion will be put into airport maintenance and improvements, $7.5 billion will go toward electric vehicles and $55 billion will go toward water infrastructure such as pipes, the report states.

In the Reason Foundation’s 2019 annual report, Wisconsin ranked 38th in the country for the overall cost-effectiveness and condition of its highway system. The new legislation will improve roads across the state.