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Infrastructure? Or jobs? Controversy over name of Biden proposal highlights long tradition in politics

  • Written by Angela Bradbery, Frank Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communications, University of Florida
Infrastructure? Or jobs? Controversy over name of Biden proposal highlights long tradition in politicsBiden isn't the first politician to slap a catchy, but perhaps inaccurate, name on legislation.Evan Vucci/AP

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...

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