据一名白宫官员透露，美国总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)将于周一签署1.2万亿美元的基础设施法案，使其成为法律，国会两党成员将在白宫举行的仪式上加入该法案。
据这位官员称，一个由州长和市长以及工会和商界领袖组成的两党小组也将加入拜登的仪式。这位官员说，将出席的国会议员将包括那些帮助起草立法的人。
面对低民调数字、不断上升的通货膨胀和让他的立法优先事项获得通过的挑战，总统推迟了签署基础设施法案，以展示他的重大两党成就。
这位白宫官员说，拜登在周一的讲话中还计划阐述基础设施立法将如何在支持供应链和应对瓶颈方面发挥作用。总统计划周三访问巴尔的摩的一个港口，并传达类似的信息。
在参议院于8月份通过该法案后，众议院于周五晚些时候通过了该法案。拜登表示，他希望与本周休会期间离开华盛顿的国会议员以及目前正在法国访问的副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯举行仪式。
拜登周六对记者表示:“副总统哈里斯和我期待着很快就这一两党基础设施举行正式签署仪式。
“我这个周末不会这么做，”他补充道，“因为我希望那些努力完成这项工作的人——民主党人和共和党人——在我们签字的时候在这里。”
该法案，官方称为基础设施投资和就业法案，提供了数千亿美元来改善国家的高速公路、桥梁和道路;客运铁路;公共交通;宽带接入;和电网等有形基础设施投资。
白宫援引外部经济学家的话称，这将在未来十年创造数十万个就业机会。
尽管公众广泛支持基础设施法案，以及他也试图推动国会通过的“重建得更好”的社会法案，但总统本人的支持率一直很低。
拜登和他的政府发起了公共关系运动与总统一起推动这两项法案参观巴尔的摩的一个港口周三，他坐在辛辛那提电视台接受采访，内阁官员接受采访，解释基础设施法案将如何惠及美国人。
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2021年11月10日，美国总统乔·拜登在华盛顿特区离开白宫
蒙莫斯大学11月4日至8日进行的一项全国性民意调查发现，42%的美国人认可拜登处理工作的方式，64%的受访者表示，他们认为美国的事情走错了路。
但65%的受访者表示支持基础设施一揽子计划，62%的受访者表示支持更大的社会支出计划。
在接下来的几周，总统、副总统和内阁将继续在全国各地进行交流，以了解该法律将如何帮助社区、发展经济，并为美国在21世纪的竞争定位。
Biden to sign infrastructure bill Monday during bipartisan ceremony
President Joe Biden will sign the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday, joined by a bipartisan group of members of Congress during a ceremony at the White House, according to a White House official.
A bipartisan group of governors and mayors, as well as labor union and business leaders, would also join Biden at the ceremony, according to the official. The members of Congress who will attend will include those who helped write the legislation, the official said.
Facing low poll numbers, rising inflation and challenges getting the rest of his legislative priorities passed, the president has put off signing the infrastructure bill in order to put his major, bipartisan accomplishment on display.
During his remarks Monday, Biden also plans to address how the infrastructure legislation will play a role in bolstering supply chains and dealing with bottlenecks, the White House official said. The president planned to visit a port in Baltimore on Wednesday with a similar message.
The House of Representatives passed the bill late Friday, after the Senate passed it in August. Biden has said he wanted to hold a ceremony with members of Congress, who were on recess and out of Washington this week, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris, who is currently visiting France.
"Vice President Harris and I look forward to having a formal signing ceremony for this bipartisan infrastructure soon," Biden told reporters Saturday.
"I’m not doing it this weekend," he added, "because I want people who worked so hard to get this done -- Democrats and Republicans -- to be here when we sign it."
The bill, officially known as the the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, provides hundreds of billions of dollars to improve the nation's highways, bridges and roads; passenger rail; public transit; broadband access; and the power grid, among other investments in physical infrastructure.
The White House has cited outside economists to argue it will create hundreds of thousands of jobs over the next decade.
Despite wide public support for the infrastructure bill -- as well as for the "Build Back Better" social bill he is also trying to push through Congress -- the president himself has suffered from low approval ratings.
Biden and his administration have launched apublic relations campaignto promote the two bills, with the presidentvisiting a port in Baltimoreon Wednesday and sitting for an interview with a Cincinnati television station, and Cabinet officials conducting interviews to explain how the infrastructure bill in particular will benefit Americans.
A nationwide poll from Monmouth University conducted Nov. 4 to 8 found that 42% of Americans approved of the way Biden was handling his job, and 64% of respondents said they believed things in the United States have gotten off on the wrong track.
But 65% of respondents said they supported the infrastructure package, and 62% said they supported the larger social spending plan.
In the coming weeks, the president, vice president, and Cabinet will continue to travel the country to communicate how the law will help communities, grow the economy, and position America to compete in the 21st century.
