There were 6.8 billion reasons for Minnesota members of Congress to vote for the recently passed federal infrastructure bill.
But Minnesota Republicans, including 1st District Rep. Jim Hagedorn, didn’t apparently favor any of those reasons.
The Senate passed the vote 69-30 and the House passed it 228-206
Broadband was part of that bill..
The state will get $100 million to expand broadband, and there remain many areas of the 1st District without viable broadband. In a September 2020 debate, Hagedorn agreed with Democratic challenger Dan Feehan that rural broadband expansion was important and said it would get bipartisan support in Congress.
But apparently not from Hagedorn, who voted against one of the biggest investments in infrastructure in years. Hagedorn did not respond to a Free Press inquiry seeking an explanation of his vote.
Blandin on Broadband 