Progressive lawmakers want Biden to not include military spending in infrastructure plan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : The Navy's shipyards are a natural part of that conversation -- a unique mix of adapting to climate change and extending military spending.
56% : Biden's American Jobs Plan, the framework for a national infrastructure overhaul, doesn't really include military spending at the moment.
54% : Some lawmakers want military spending to increase, too.
46% : The bill has already been cut down significantly from a potential $2 trillion package nearing a version of the Green New Deal to $579 billion in funding that doesn't include nearly as much spending on efforts to fight climate change or a plan to enact a "clean electricity standard" for utilities.
37% : But progressive lawmakers, who unsuccessfully lobbied Biden to cut defense spending in his first budget as president, oppose this effort to bypass the normal defense appropriations debate.
21% : On Friday morning, a group of progressive lawmakers publicly pushed against including military spending in the Biden administration's compromise $579 billion infrastructure bill.

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