The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan “infrastructure” bill that, if passed, could pave the way for an even larger bill codifying the Great Reset into U.S. law.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that the vote — over H.R. 3684, titled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — will occur on Monday. The bill previously passed the Senate on August 10 by a 69-30 vote. If passed unamended by the House, it will head to President Joe Biden for his signature or veto.
As of this writing, it is unclear whether H.R. 3684 will pass. Although several Republicans — pressured by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — are likely to vote for the bill, House Republican leadership is urging members to vote against it. Additionally, the Democrats are divided over the bill, with the furthest-left Democrats unwilling to vote for it without more radical measures being simultaneously considered.
As The New American previously reported, only nine percent of H.R. 3684’s spending would go toward actual infrastructure. Furthermore, according to multiple projections, it will add up to $351 billion to the deficit without having any significant economic impact.
As TNA also previously reported, the infrastructure-lacking “bipartisan” bill includes the following radical provisions:
- mandates that states create carbon reduction programs, with the federal government choosing which plans to accept or reject;
- creates a pilot program for a mileage tax, which tracks how many miles individuals drive, something that would infringe on Americans’ privacy, penalize drivers in low-density areas, and make driving too costly for some Americans;
- requires car companies to equip all vehicles with “advanced alcohol monitoring systems“;
- allows the federal government to bypass “Buy American” rules, promoting outsourcing to countries such as Communist China;
- enables mass migration by funding border crossings and migrant “welcome centers” while including $0 for border wall construction;
- defines “gender identity” as a protected class;
- enacts racial quotas for broadband spending;
- rewards states that support and facilitate illegal migration to the United States, also for broadband spending;
- ends Amtrak’s policies/goals of creating a profit and seeking to minimize costs;
- includes multiple radical climate change-provisions, including over $50 billion to protect against “climate change” and $21 billion for “environmental remediation.” Additionally, H.R. 3684 will “modernize” the power grid to accommodate “green” energy; and
- among other provisions, the bipartisan bill includes $39 billion for public transportation, $15 billion altogether for electric transportation, $65 billion for broadband, a $30 billion cryptocurrency tax.
House “Progressives” Pushing for $3.5 Trillion Bill
Regardless of whether H.R. 3684 passes, far-left Democrats are pushing for another, significantly more extremist $3.5 trillion spending bill. They intend to pass it through the “reconciliation” process that only requires a simple majority to pass, thus bypassing the filibuster.
Congressional Democrats are already working on this bill, with both the House and Senate having passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, which paves the way for it. Although not yet having a bill number, Democrats have dubbed it the “Build Back Better Act,” an obvious reference to a globalist United Nations program.
Democrats are seeking to cram as many of their far-left policy goals as possible into this $3.5 trillion bill, which could actually cost up to $5.5 trillion. . These goals include:
- by 2030, mandate a 50% reduction in carbon emissions, along with 80% “clean” energy;
- multiple other “climate change” provisions, including tax incentives, a “Civilian Climate Corps” that employs up to 1.5 million people, weatherizing and electrifying buildings, and other measures to rig the U.S. economy in favor of “green” energy;
- a “carbon tariff” that will essentially sanction countries that don’t conform to the “green” agenda;
- a major expansion of Medicare, possibly including lowering the eligibility age, along with Medicaid;
- paid family and medical leave, among expanding other social programs;
- universal pre-K, which is part of the Left’s plan to subvert the family;
- “free” community college;
- the blatantly unconstitutional and globalist PRO Act, which is a partisan giveaway to labor unions that will further integrate the U.S. into trade agreements like the USMCA;
- a significant funding increase for the IRS to enable it to take even more of Americans’ incomes than it already does;
- potentially a national plastic tax and a debt “ceiling” increase;
- increases taxes on Americans making over $50,000 a year and raises the corporate tax to a level higher than Communist China’s;
- enacts portions of the PRO Act, which would entrench the power of labor unions over businesses and workers; and
- potentially gives amnesty to 6.7 million illegal aliens. Potential amnesty for illegal aliens. In a small victory for conservatives, the Senate parliamentarian struck down a proposal to add an even broader mass amnesty to the bill, but Democrats still want to attach other immigration-related provisions to the bill.
Trojan Horse for Marxism
As is evident when viewing both bills’ provisions, the two “infrastructure” bills would implement a wide range of socialist policies reminiscent of the Great Reset.
Environmentalists recognize the plan’s potential to implement their agenda. According to the left-wing Atlantic magazine:
If you want the United States to act at a national level to fight climate change, this bill is it. This is the climate bill.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made a similar statement:
I will not pass an infrastructure package that first doesn’t reduce carbon pollution at the scale commensurate with the climate crisis. We are gonna have a strong, bold climate bill.
Furthermore, Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has publicly stated that “the Green New Deal is in the DNA” of the so-called “infrastructure” bill.
It is not an exaggeration to state that the future of the United States, and liberty itself, is at stake with these two “infrastructure” bills. House Republicans, if they value liberty, would be wise to stick together and vote against H.R. 3684 on Monday.
To urge your U.S. representative and senators to reject both the bipartisan H.R. 3684 and the partisan $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better Act,” visit The John Birch Society’s legislative alert here.
