The two projects, funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, will create an estimated 4,800 new jobs in Texas and Louisiana.

Vice President Kamala Harris announced the rule, which changes a Reagan-era policy that allowed contractors to pay their workers less.

President Biden ‘vetoed the bill because it jeopardizes the hard-earned life savings of cops, firefighters, teachers, and other workers,’ said the White House.

Republicans are trying to overturn a Labor Department regulation that allows retirement funds to consider environmental, social, and governance behaviors of the companies in which they invest.

The money that will help approximately 350,000 unionized employees’ pensions was made possible thanks to the American Rescue Plan as championed by President Biden.

Republicans whined about last month’s jobs report. Now that the December totals have been revised up, they’ve been silent or dismissive.

Economists say it could get much worse this month.