The AP reports that at least 65,000 bridges are "structurally deficient" and over 20,000 more are "fracture critical," meaning that the failure of one component could lead to a collapse, as we saw in the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state last spring.
Tell Senate Republicans: Fix our roads and bridges instead of shutting down our government
Republicans are playing games with our government to appeal to their right-wing base—pushing us to the brink of a government shutdown in order to score a few points with the Tea Party.
While they’re playing games of legislative chicken, our country is facing a major infrastructure crisis.
The AP reports that at least 65,000 bridges are "structurally deficient" and over 20,000 more are "fracture critical," meaning that the failure of one component could lead to a collapse, as we saw in the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state last spring.
Worst of all: an appalling 7,795 bridges were found to be both “structurally deficient” and “fracture critical”—a combination that shows significant disrepair and risk of collapse.
Simply put, critical infrastructure threatens the safety of Americans nationwide, but Republicans are more interested in keeping the Tea Party happy than they are in the basic governance required to address this crisis.
Join Daily Kos and the DSCC to tell Senate Republicans: Fix our roads and bridges instead of shutting down our government.
While they’re playing games of legislative chicken, our country is facing a major infrastructure crisis.
The AP reports that at least 65,000 bridges are "structurally deficient" and over 20,000 more are "fracture critical," meaning that the failure of one component could lead to a collapse, as we saw in the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state last spring.
Worst of all: an appalling 7,795 bridges were found to be both “structurally deficient” and “fracture critical”—a combination that shows significant disrepair and risk of collapse.
Simply put, critical infrastructure threatens the safety of Americans nationwide, but Republicans are more interested in keeping the Tea Party happy than they are in the basic governance required to address this crisis.
Join Daily Kos and the DSCC to tell Senate Republicans: Fix our roads and bridges instead of shutting down our government.
To Senate Republicans:
A government shutdown is exactly the opposite of what we need right now. We need to fix American roads and bridges.
Please fix our crumbling infrastructure instead of shutting down our government.
A government shutdown is exactly the opposite of what we need right now. We need to fix American roads and bridges.
Please fix our crumbling infrastructure instead of shutting down our government.
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