Confronted with implacable Republican opposition, Obama is relying on what the administration calls a “pen and phone” strategy – combining the bully pulpit and executive orders – to move forward on several fronts, including infrastructure. At the urging of his 2011-2012 Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, he signed several executive orders to modernize and expedite the interagency review-and-permitting processes for high-priority federal infrastructure projects.
面临难以调和的共和党反对，奥巴马依赖其政府所谓的“笔和电话”战略——宣传和行政指令相结合——在多条阵线上取得进展，其中也包括基础设施。在其对2011—2012年就业和竞争力委员会（Council on Jobs and Competitiveness）的敦促中，他签署了数项行政令以动员和加速高优先级联邦基础设施项目的跨部门审查和批准程序。