Biden Administration Extends Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks
Source: Wall Street Journal
The Biden administration said Sunday that talks over a $1.7 trillion infrastructure package would need to show a “clear direction” toward agreement by the time Congress returns from recess in early June, signaling that Democrats might be preparing to go it alone on a broad plan to rebuild roads and bridges, expand broadband service and create programs to help care for the elderly and disabled Americans.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said President Biden and members of his team would continue negotiating privately this week and said the talks with Republican lawmakers were encouraging. But he identified the return of Congress on June 7 as when the talks would need to indicate an endpoint.
“I think we are getting pretty close to a fish-or-cut-bait moment,” Mr. Buttigieg said during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Negotiations over the measure have stretched for weeks as lawmakers and the White House argue over the basic questions of what should be included, how large it should be and how to pay for it.
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Problem of it is the Republicans are not proposing very much in the way of new spending. Most of it is already approved projects plus an attempt to reclaim COVID-19 money that's been distributed to the states.
The GOP continues to be the party of stunts.
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If the Republican's don't accept the $1.7 billion package when the recess ends, they the Democrats must go it alone with the full $2.3 billion original package and forget about any help from the Republicans.
As if the Republicans would ever compromise. 
over a $1000 infrastructure package 
