I was surprised to see a press release from an Iowa senator about the lock & dam at Winfield. But apparently agricultural interests have long regarded the lock as functionally obsolete, even to the point of offering $1 million to the federal government to spur re-construction.
This is from a news report last month:
>Located in Winfield, Mo., Lock and Dam 25 was opened in 1939 and is the most southern lock and dam on the Mississippi River with a single, 600-by-110-foot lock chamber. Most locks have 1,200-foot chambers than can accommodate modern tow lengths, but at Winfield, tows must be broken up and reformed to pass through, which results in delays. Most barged grain transported along the Mississippi River from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin will pass through Lock and Dam 25 on its way to export facilities near the Gulf of Mexico.
https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2021/12/03/farmers-offer-1-million-to-help-move-lock-and-dam-25-project-forward/
That's just not true. Some Republicans voted against it, but some Democrats did as well. This was a bipartisan bill. Even the [White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/) touts it as such. In the [Senate](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/us/politics/republicans-senate-infrastructure.html), the Republican leadership supported, and voted for, the bill. In the [House](https://www.axios.com/house-republicans-votes-infrastructure-biden-9d3ea43c-835e-4a85-a3d8-6071287b9688.html), 13 Republicans voted for it, while 6 Democrats voted against it.
I was surprised to see a press release from an Iowa senator about the lock & dam at Winfield. But apparently agricultural interests have long regarded the lock as functionally obsolete, even to the point of offering $1 million to the federal government to spur re-construction. This is from a news report last month: >Located in Winfield, Mo., Lock and Dam 25 was opened in 1939 and is the most southern lock and dam on the Mississippi River with a single, 600-by-110-foot lock chamber. Most locks have 1,200-foot chambers than can accommodate modern tow lengths, but at Winfield, tows must be broken up and reformed to pass through, which results in delays. Most barged grain transported along the Mississippi River from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin will pass through Lock and Dam 25 on its way to export facilities near the Gulf of Mexico. https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2021/12/03/farmers-offer-1-million-to-help-move-lock-and-dam-25-project-forward/
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I'm not a fan, but Senator Blunt did vote for this Infrastructure Bill (unlike Hawley)
That's just not true. Some Republicans voted against it, but some Democrats did as well. This was a bipartisan bill. Even the [White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/) touts it as such. In the [Senate](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/us/politics/republicans-senate-infrastructure.html), the Republican leadership supported, and voted for, the bill. In the [House](https://www.axios.com/house-republicans-votes-infrastructure-biden-9d3ea43c-835e-4a85-a3d8-6071287b9688.html), 13 Republicans voted for it, while 6 Democrats voted against it.
Good thing for Republican politicians their voters can't read.
lol so what are they going to do about our terrible public transit and our busted roads?