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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 02:50 AM Oct 2021

At home in Scranton, facing a fight in D.C., Biden pitches his sprawling domestic agenda

SCRANTON, Pa. — President Joe Biden took the stage Wednesday in his childhood hometown surrounded by striking images of America’s infrastructure.

A retired Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority railcar sitting to his far right offered an example of how neglected the country’s infrastructure has been. Its letters were barely visible. The door’s paint was scuffed and faded.

Next to it, however, stood a refurbished trolley car, decked out in patriotic pennants and “Build Back Better” signs.

Biden used his speech at Electric City Trolley Museum in downtown Scranton to argue his signature domestic agenda will make the nation’s infrastructure resemble the tricked-out trolley instead of the rusted-out railcar.

Read more: https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/at-home-in-scranton-facing-a-fight-in-d-c-biden-pitches-his-sprawling-domestic-agenda/

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