President Joe Biden will once again visit Greater Cincinnati.
This time, Biden will be in Covington in Northern Kentucky accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, the White House announced.
The time and other details of the visit have not been announced.
"The President will deliver remarks on how his economic plan is rebuilding our infrastructure, creating good-paying jobs that don’t require a four-year degree, and revitalizing communities left behind," the White House release said.
The trip is part of a nationwide campaign by the Biden administration to talk about the president's economic plan, which includes the administration's work to pass the 2021 bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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Vice President Kamala Harris will be visiting Chicago on Wednesday, the White House said. Other White House officials will hold events in other cities as well this week.
Biden's visit to Greater Cincinnati comes on the heels of last Thursday's announcement that the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor's long awaited construction project has been given the green light thanks to two federal grants totaling $1.6 billion.
Most of that grant funding, $1.4 billion, is from the Bridge Investment Program to be distributed under a multi-year grant agreement with Ohio and Kentucky's transportation departments. That program was established under the infrastructure law. It will help fund a new companion bridge next to the existing Brent Spence Bridge.
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The president last visited the region in May, when he toured a metal manufacturer in Hamilton to pressure Congress to pass legislation he said will create more jobs in Ohio and elsewhere. Biden also stirred up some controversy in July 2021 when he visited Mount St. Joseph University for a CNN Town Hall.
Five Greater Cincinnati Congress members, all Republicans, voted against the infrastructure bill but later offered public support for federal funding for the Brent Spence project. Those politicians are U.S. Reps. Steve Chabot, Brad Wenstrup and Warren Davidson from Ohio and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie from Kentucky. Republicans McConnell, along with retiring Sen. Rob Portman, were among those who led efforts to pass it.
Biden lost both Ohio and Kentucky in the 2020 election. He got 45% of the vote to former President Donald Trump's 53% in Ohio. And in Kentucky he performed even worse, securing only 36% of the vote to Trump's 62%.
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